Watch Gerard Depardieu Promote "Proud to Be Russian" Watch Line — hollywoodreporter.com

French actor and Russian citizen Gerard Depardieu is promoting a new "Proud to be Russian" line of watches produced by the Swiss manufacturer Cvstos. In a new commercial, embedded below, Depardieu speaks in a heavily accented Russian, announcing the presentation of his watch series in Moscow on Dec. 17 and adding the mysterious phrase that he "won't pay anyone in Moscow." The publication of the video on YouTube triggered a wave of scathing comments from users in several languages, many of whom wondered if the actor was intoxicated while filming it.

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