Steven Seagal is a 70-year-old American actor, screenwriter, and martial artist named Steven Frederic Seagal. Is recently in the global news after he visited Prison Camp in Ukraine, which Is Under Russian Control.

Steven Seagal is a 70-year-old American actor, screenwriter, and martial artist
Steven Seagal visited Prison Camp in Ukraine, Which Is Under Russian Control. Image Source: Steven’s Instagram@seagalofficial

Several days after an explosion there on July 29 claimed the lives of at least 50 people, American actor Steven Seagal was seen visiting a prison camp at Olenivka, Ukraine, a Russian-controlled facility that housed hundreds of Ukrainian detainees.

Inside the destroyed prison, Seagal can walk about, settling down on a bench and examining some pieces of shrapnel. Additionally, there is a picture of Seagal interacting with Ukrainian detainees while speaking through metal bars.

Similarly, Seagal loudly supported Russia’s takeover of Crimea in 2016; Russian President Vladimir Putin granted him citizenship in Russia and personally handed him his Russian passport. As a result, in 2017, he was given a five-year ban on visiting Ukraine.

Steven Seagal is supporter of Russia
President Vladimir Putin granted Steven Seagal citizenship in Russia and personally handed him his Russian passport. Image Source: Pinterest

In addition, he has applauded Putin for being “perhaps the best world leader alive today, if not the greatest world leader alive today.”

In February, Seagal interviewed Fox News, stating that “most of us have friends and relatives in Russia and Ukraine.” He said, “I see both as one family, and I genuinely feel it is an outside organization spending large quantities of money on propaganda to drive the two countries to be at war with each other.”

The Ukrainian military accused Russia of planning “the deliberate transfer of fighters to other premises just before the explosion.” That proved “this crime was planned and carried out by the Russian side.”

In a letter dated 2017, the Ukrainian security service stated that Seagal was denied entry to the country due to his having “done socially harmful conduct… that violate the objectives of maintaining Ukraine’s security.”

As a Russian, American, and Serbian citizen, Seagal has been serving as a “special representative” for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2018. His support for Russian President Vladimir Putin is vocal.

Although it is unclear what obligations he had in the unpaid post, he stated that the role could “change” due to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

In an interview with a Russian news outlet called RIA Novosti, he stated that “relations between the United States and Russia are quite difficult.” “There are discussions about how to change my position in terms of what I was originally appointed to,” the person said.

Seagal maintains good relationships with several other contentious world leaders.
Steven Seagal celebrated his 70th birthday in Moscow in April. Image Source: Steven’s Insatgram@seagalofficial.

It is well knowledge that Seagal maintains good relationships with several other contentious world leaders.

However, Seagal was seen spending his 70th birthday in Moscow in April, where he was seen mingling with several of Russia’s elite who western countries have sanctioned. Seagal’s birthday occurred on April 7. Also, Arissa Seagal, Savannah Seagal, Annaliza Seagal, and Kentaro Seagal are his children’s names.

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