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He added that Mr. Depardieu has been visiting Russia ‘on a private trip’.
The actor announced he was seeking Russian citizenship after the French government criticized his decision to move abroad to avoid 75% taxes.
Depardieu did not change his mind even after the tax decision was cancelled.
Voice of Russia, RIA
The United States has no specific plans to establish a working relationship with Russia on order to implement previous proposals by U.S. President Barack Obama to further reduce nuclear weapons.
Brazil's two biggest cities revoked an increase in public transportation fares, Sao Paulo Governor Geraldo Alckmin and Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes said on Wednesday, following the largest protests seen in the country in 20 years.
The incident with the leakage of classified information continues to be a hot topic in China. The official mass media and bloggers express opinions on it.
The United States has no specific plans to establish a working relationship with Russia on order to implement previous proposals by U.S. President Barack Obama to further reduce nuclear weapons.
North Korea has expressed willingness to restart long-stalled nuclear talks with international partners, China's foreign ministry has said. According to its website, North Korean officials said they wanted to "peacefully resolve the nuclear issue".
Moscow finds it necessary to implement the existing START treaty and find an acceptable form of resolving the problem of missile defense before discussing the proposal of US President Barack Obama on the reduction of the nuclear potentials of Russia and the United States, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has said.
The deputies of the Parliament of Norway have decided to open the Norwegian part of the former "gray zone" in the Barents Sea for exploration. Thus, in the coming months, the Norwegian government will be able to begin the process of allocating licenses for the development of new units between the involved companies.
Russia condemns the attack of militants from the Al-Shabaab Islamist group on UN's facilities in Somalia's capital Mogadishu.
The leaders of the ruling coalition in Greece have finally agreed on resuming broadcasting by government channels and will hold a new (third) consecutive meeting on Thursday according to an announcement by the leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement Evangelos Venizelos after holding a more than 3.5 hour long meeting with the Prime Minister, the leader of New Democracy Party Antonis Samaras and the chairman of the Democratic Party of the Left Fotis Kouvelis.
Russian Foreign Ministry's Special Representative for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law Konstantin Dolgov says that it would hardly be possible for Russia's representatives to visit the children's camp “Ranch for Kids” in Montana without assistance of the US's State Department.
The birth rate in Russia after the introduction of maternity subsidies has increased by 30%, according to the Minister of Labor and Social Security Maxim Topilin.
President Putin spoke about this at a high-level government meeting held to review the progress of Russia’s rearmament programme for the period to 2020.
Media reports saying that the Cypriot government wants to renegotiate its agreement with the Eurogroup regarding its assistance program are not true stated the President of Cyprus Nikos Anastasiadis.
The decline in production and consumption, insufficient investments and currency risks top the agenda of the St.Petersburg International Economic Forum, which will take place in St.Petersburg between June 20th and 22nd . Given that these issues of global concern could lead to a new wave of economic crisis, the participants in the forum, which will be attended by President Vladimir Putin, say that it’s time to act and call for ‘decisive action’
The World Bank on Wednesday warned that severe hardships from global warming could be felt within a generation, with a new study detailing devastating impacts in Africa and Asia.
The Fitch rating agency is concerned about the unregulated part of the Chinese banking sector. The so-called “shadow banks” pose systemic risks for the country’s economy.
The Iranian economy is experiencing severe stress caused by the international sanctions against Tehran. An unofficial estimate of the Iranian inflation rate is almost three times the official annual inflation figure.
The foreign exchange market is now in the crosshairs of the global financial regulators in the aftermath of the rate-rigging scandals in currency rates and interest rates markets.
Three people have died and fourth is being treated at a hospital after a shooting in at condominium complex. Dwight Mitchell, a Louisville Metro Police Department spokesperson, confirmed the deaths and injuries, but would not go into details about the shooting other than saying it happened inside a unit of the condo complex.
Brazil's two biggest cities revoked an increase in public transportation fares, Sao Paulo Governor Geraldo Alckmin and Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes said on Wednesday, following the largest protests seen in the country in 20 years.
Senior Russian lawmaker has called succesful the counry's participation in the G8 summit in Northern Ireland, where Russia managed to uphold its position on Syria. Alexei Pushkov praised Russia's offers during the summit to prevent Syria from being turned into the second Iraq or Libya. The humanitarian crisis in Syria worsens day by day. Millions have fled the country since the conflict errupted. The UN has said in the report that there are 45.2 millions people forcibly displaced world wide. It's the highest number of its kind since 1994.
3 dead, 1 injured in shooting at apartment complex in US
