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Depardieu dines with Putin

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French actor Gerard Depardieu, left, greets Russian President Vladimir Putin after his arrival late Saturday at the president's residence in Sochi, the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics.

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Gerard Depardieu, the French actor who was granted Russian citizenship, met President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi after receiving his new passport, according to a statement on the Kremlin's website.