However, records of his dealings with President Vladimir Putin began to surface in the early 2000s. I love Russia" - Steven Seagal on being appointed Russian Special Envoy to the US and fostering international relations | | | #newsnight /6fe11mRiGt- BBC Newsnight October 4, 2018 Quite a few of his early films depicted Russians or Soviets in adversarial roles, a trend that was still present in Hollywood film making even after the Cold War ended.
In the 1990s when his celebrity held much more weight, he opened a branch of the Planet Hollywood restaurant in Moscow, alongside other celebrities. (although Newsweek was unable to independently verify this). His grandparents, according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, were Russian Jews who immigrated to the U.S. Steven Seagal's history in Russia goes back, in part, to his family. However, as he allegedly prepares to film a documentary cataloging conflict in the Donbas, the news has revived interest in his dealings and and ties to Russia. Now, it appears as if that Seagal is channelling what remains of his star power into popularizing pro-Russian narratives and making unevidenced claims about the war.įew have kept tabs on his dealings and relationships in Eastern Europe, as his relevance in American popular culture faded amid a series of cinema flops and multiple sexual misconduct allegations. Some even claimed the star went "full method" at the start of this year and joined the Russian invasion in Ukraine-in what turned out to be a fake news story that Newsweek debunked at the time.
Pictured here, Steven Seagal shakes hands with the Russian president after presenting a Russian passport to him during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on November 25, 2016. His ties to Russia were renewed in August 2022 when a film of the actor in Donetsk, appearing to support Putin's war efforts, was posted online. Steven Seagal has maintained a reportedly close relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin for more than a decade.
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