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On January 5, wanted to leave France to escape a tax deemed "greedy".
The next day, Depardieu visited Saransk, the capital of the Russian republic of Mordovia, which lies to the east of Moscow. The governor of Mordovia gave him a home, as well as the position of Minister of Culture.
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