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发帖数: 3803 | 1 法国影星德帕迪约入籍俄罗斯。
美国也快了。
MOSCOW — The Kremlin has cast Gerard Depardieu in one of the most
surprising roles of his life — as a new Russian citizen.
The announcement Thursday that President Vladimir Putin has approved
Depardieu’s application for citizenship is almost a real-life analogue to
the French actor’s 1990 comedy “Green Card,” in which his character
enters into a sham marriage in order to work in the United States.
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But in this version, taxes appear to be at the heart of the matter.
Depardieu has waged a battle against a proposed super tax on millionaires in
his native country.
French President Francois Hollande plans to raise the tax on earned income
above million ($1.3 million) to 75 percent from the current 41 percent,
while Russia has a flat 13-percent tax rate.
A representative for the former Oscar nominee declined to say whether he had
accepted the Russian offer.
Thursday was a holiday in Russia and officials from the Federal Tax Service
and Federal Migration Service could not be reached for comment on whether
the decision would require Depardieu to have a residence in Russia.
But it’s clearly an image buffer for Russia, calling attention to the
country’s attractive tax regime and boosting Putin’s efforts to show that
the economic chaos of the early post-Soviet period has passed.
“The distinctiveness of our tax system is poorly known about in the West.
When they know about it, we can expect a massive migration of rich Europeans
to Russia,” Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin bragged on Twitter.
Others aren’t so sure.
Political analyst Pavel Svyatenkov told the state news agency RIA Novosti
that the move was “very good, very high-quality PR for Russia” but he was
didn’t think it would ignite a flood of new residents.
“I don’t expect a massive movement of rich people to here, for the reason
that Russia remains a pretty poor country by Western measurements and here
there are bigger problems with crime and corruption,” he said.
As Depardieu’s criticism of the proposed tax roiled his country, French
Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault called him “pathetic.”
Depardieu responded angrily in an open letter.
“I have never killed anyone, I don’t think I’ve been unworthy, I’ve paid
45 million ($190 million) in taxes over 45 years,” the 64-year-old actor
wrote. “I will neither complain nor brag, but I refuse to be called ‘
pathetic’.”
Depardieu said in the letter that he would surrender his passport and French
social security card. In October, the mayor of a small Belgian border town
announced that Depardieu had bought a house and set up legal residence there
, a move that was slammed by Hollande’s newly-elected Socialist government.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, the French government spokeswoman, didn’t comment
directly on Depardieu’s tax fight. But she drew a clear distinction between
people who have personal or professional reasons to live abroad and “
French citizens who proclaim loudly and clearly that they they’re exiling
themselves for fiscal reasons.”
She said Putin’s offer “is an exclusive prerogative of the Russian chief
of state.” | l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 2 不错, wish him well.
WSJ上面的评论:
It's such a sad state of world affairs when the People's Republic of France
seeks to penalize talent and success and Russia calls it for what it is...
but then again, who is JOHN GALT? |
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