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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 3 Jan 2013

    Actor Gerard #Depardieu - who threatened to give up French passport over tax hike - is given Russian citizenship by President Vladimir Putin

    1:43 AM - 3 Jan 2013
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    • Sean Engles Nadya Zhexembayeva Keep the Spark Alive Irina Valerie SANJEEB KUMAR NATH charl langford Akihiko Suzuki Ria Blagburn
    49 replies 785 retweets 67 likes
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      2. Paul Stewart‏ @keeper9 3 Jan 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking does that mean Americans can't adopt him?

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      1. hlamyintzaw1967‏ @hlamyintzaw1967 7 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking No wonder. Godfather & Actor united.

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      1. Nolwenn Carassou‏ @NolwennCarassou 3 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking ahah!! Well at least that's definitely a good economic strategy for Russia !!

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      1. Chris Drewitt‏ @ChrisDrewitt 3 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Dictator Putin clearly wants to put him in jail, on trumped up charges.

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      1. Alexandra‏ @AmsyyLeSavage 3 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Careful, he might pee all over Russia! Make sure the icicles are made of ice before you touch them.

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      1. David Hooper‏ @DHoops61 3 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking #Depardieu Mr Depardieu. Come to the UK. Now that will really pee off your Gov't. Oh and our taxes are lower. Much lower.

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      1. Matthew Davis‏ @MatthewRDavis85 3 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Hysterical!

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      1. Feeling Gloomy‏ @FeelingGloomy 3 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking You could not make it up!

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      1. Jake Miller‏ @Miller_Music_UK 3 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking just shows what a cheese eating surrender monkey he really is...

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      1. MSW OKC 405 411‏ @Cultiv8Hope 3 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Wow!

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      1. Yana‏ @Just_Yana 3 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking could it get any more pathetic?... I don't even know who should be more shamed Mr. Depardieu or Mr. Putin

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      1. John Booth‏ @higuys78 3 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking For real?

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      1. BenBarker‏ @BenBarker_ 3 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking What a dick.

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      1. icklemidgie #fibrowarrior‏ @icklemidgie 3 Jan 2013
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        @BBCBreaking the belgiums will b disappointed but not as much as the French... Tut tut Gerald

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