The text states that the 70-year-old Sigal was awarded for his great contribution to international cooperation in the cultural and humanitarian fields.
Siegals received Russian citizenship already on November 3, 2016. At that time, the representative of the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, said that Seagal was persistent in his desire to receive citizenship and stated that he “would like to consider [Krievijas prezidentu Vladimiru Putinu] for my brother.”
Since 2018, Sigal has been the special representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the field of humanitarian relations between Russia and the United States. In addition to US and Russian citizenship, he also holds a Serbian passport. Seagal has a penchant for making friends with dictators, including the leader of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, and the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro.
In 2014, he supported the annexation of Crimea, but since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Seagal has taken an active pro-Kremlin position, repeating propaganda theses about the need for the denazification of Ukraine. It is reported in the media that Seagal is going to make a documentary film about Donbass. Needless to say, Seagal’s activities did not cause excitement in Ukraine, where he is banned from entering. Recently, there have been calls to include Siegal on the EU and US sanctions list.
