Putin grants Russian citizenship to actor Steven Seagal 

 

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded Russian citizenship to action film actor Steven Seagal, the Kremlin said Thursday.

 

The 64-year-old Seagal has been a regular visitor to Russia in recent years and has accompanied Putin to several martial arts events, as well as vocally defending the Russian leader's policies and criticizing the U.S. government.

 

Seagal is the latest in a string of foreign celebrities to be awarded Russian nationality by the Kremlin in recent years. Others include French actor Gerard Depardieu and U.S. boxer Roy Jones Jr.

 

Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Thursday that Seagal "has been insistent for a long time in asking to be granted Russian citizenship," adding that "he is known for his warm feelings to our country, he never made a secret of it, and he's also a well-known actor, which gave grounds to make him a Russian citizen."

 

Seagal did not immediately comment, though he has previously offered fulsome praise of Putin in numerous appearances on Russian state media.

 

Seagal called Putin "one of the greatest world leaders if not the greatest world leader alive today" in a 2013 interview with the Russian state-owned TV channel RT. "He cares more about Russia than anybody I know and he's not afraid to stand up and do what needs to get done."

 

Besides his martial arts engagements with Putin, Seagal, who is Buddhist, has been a regular visitor to Buddhist regions of Russia. He also visited Russian ally and neighbor Belarus in August and sampled local vegetables with President Alexander Lukashenko.

 

-- © Associated Press 2016-11-04

 

 

 

Oh God here come the seagal bashers again

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Edited November 4, 20169 yr by kotsak

Putin is playing it smart. Give citizenship to people to have them on your side. 

You can take away the granted privileges anytime, anyway. 

2 minutes ago, A1Str8 said:

Putin is playing it smart. Give citizenship to people to have them on your side. 

You can take away the granted privileges anytime, anyway. 

Perhaps you could suggest that to the Thais

1 minute ago, A1Str8 said:

Putin is playing it smart. Give citizenship to people to have them on your side. 

You can take away the granted privileges anytime, anyway. 

 

Who was the last Russian Citizen you heard of being stripped of their citizenship?

 

as for Seagal good for him....These days is nice to have multiple citizenships

 

I didn't say it already happened. 

3 minutes ago, A1Str8 said:

I didn't say it already happened. 

 

Yes I understood your post

Probably a covert operation by the clown known as Steve 'cia' Seagal... 

There's nothing wrong with loving Russia. It may be hard to defend some of their government's actions, but I think the same can be said of other governments. The government's actions are not always a reflection of the people. 

Good on him. Don't mind Mr Seagal, he was great in the early 90s. Among other things (support for Rus-Crimea etc), guessing Vlad likes him because he's into all that macho stuff... now "go get my pies outta the oven." lol

Stepan Segalovichovskykaya, a large name fitting a larger guy

After next Tuesday there could be a lot more seeking Russian citizenship!

17 hours ago, jcsmith said:

There's nothing wrong with loving Russia. It may be hard to defend some of their government's actions, but I think the same can be said of other governments. The government's actions are not always a reflection of the people. 

There is something wrong with loving putin. 

Hey Putin , I want to be Russian too ! .... but I'm not famous ...

Hey!  Didn't  Russia  give a French guy a citizenship so he could avoid his taxes?

  Just saying.

Geezer

2 hours ago, wayned said:

After next Tuesday there could be a lot more seeking Russian citizenship!

 

including Donald Trump?

2 hours ago, wayned said:

After next Tuesday there could be a lot more seeking Russian citizenship!

Canada is building their own wall as we speak. They're polite enough to pay for it themselves though. 

I was an Aikido student. Aikido is not an aggressive martial art designed to hurt an opponent but only neutralize. Steven Seagal took it to a dark place... Friendship with Putin, a ruthless dictator, sends the wrong message... an implied endorsement by a Hollywood celebrity..

Edited November 5, 20169 yr by arend

A troll post and a reply have been removed. 

3rd rate citizenship awarded by a 3rd turd from a third rate coungry to a 3rd rate actor. Something to be ashamed of.

I'm awaiting arrival of a large slice of FRUITCAKE to suitably celebrate this auspicious occasion for both Putin and S.S. 

 

(p.s. - that's my ThaiVisa ninja mask above...)

23 hours ago, SaintLouisBlues said:

Perhaps you could suggest that to the Thais

He was here for a visit. Did he apply and they turned him down?. He surely has the funds to "buy" his way in. 

On ‎04‎/‎11‎/‎2016 at 3:24 PM, webfact said:

'Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Thursday that Seagal ... (is) also a well-known actor, which gave grounds to make him a Russian citizen."'

Really? That's a qualification for citizenship? I'm surprised the Thais didn't come up with it, first. I do hope it doesn't qualify the likes of the Kardashians for U.K. citizenship.

 

And I guess Mr. Seagal's next film will need to have him as a Russian cop dishing it out to American gangsters.

 

 

2 minutes ago, Jonmarleesco said:

Really? That's a qualification for citizenship? I'm surprised the Thais didn't come up with it, first. I do hope it doesn't qualify the likes of the Kardashians for U.K. citizenship.

 

And I guess Mr. Seagal's next film will need to have him as a Russian cop dishing it out to American gangsters.

 

 

Ask Thaksin multiple passports come in handy at times. 

If we are lucky(don't think so)

Then he will move to Russia and stay there making films that won't turn up on any canal we ever will see . 

 

 

Disillusioned clown.

 

Segal an actor? Seriously?

well ,lets hope seagal has enough integrity to give back his us passport now that he doesn't need it anymore.

On November 4, 2016 at 3:41 PM, kotsak said:

Dancing not a strong point I guess.

3 hours ago, Jonmarleesco said:

Really? That's a qualification for citizenship? I'm surprised the Thais didn't come up with it, first. I do hope it doesn't qualify the likes of the Kardashians for U.K. citizenship.

 

And I guess Mr. Seagal's next film will need to have him as a Russian cop dishing it out to American gangsters.

 

 

I still don't know where Kardashia is?