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He has been granted by Vladimir Putin the Russian nationality, and now he is going to be appointed Minister of Culture of Russia. (Laughter.) Is there any comment from the White House?
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney,
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Thus macroeconomic policy was previously broadly liberal, energy policy dirigiste, social policy welfarist, nationality policy inclusive but with an ethnic Russian face, and foreign policy statist.
FORBES: Richard Sakwa's Outstanding Analysis of the Putin System's Past, Present, and Future
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"I have a Russian passport, but I remain French and I will probably have dual Belgian nationality, " he told French sports channel L'Equipe 21.
BBC: Depardieu fails to attend court on drink-drive charge
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After all, on 4 October 1994, within days of his storming of the Russian White House, Yeltsin issued a decree ordering the round-up and expulsion of "persons of Caucasian nationality" from Moscow, a diktat ominously reminiscent of Josef Stalin's anti-semitic actions at the time of the Doctors' Plot in 1952-53 when "persons of Jewish nationality" were incarcerated and, in many cases, eliminated.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy