Depardieu banned entrance to Ukraine for five years

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has banned French actor Gerard Depardieu from entering Ukraine for five years, the SBU said in response to an inquiry sent by the Ukrainian publication Apostrophe.

“On July 23, 2015, it was decided that Gerard Depardieu, a citizen of France and Russia, should be banned from entering Ukraine for five years in the interests of security of our [Ukrainian] state,” the document said.