Steven Seagal: a timeline from film star to Russian citizenship – gallery Read moreYou are then invited back to Moscow, where you spend some one-on-one time with Putin and develop a personal rapport. Finally, for Steven Seagal, as for Gérard Depardieu before him, comes the final stage: Russian citizenship. “Vladimir Putin signed an executive order according Russian citizenship to Steven Seagal,” announced the sober decree published on the Kremlin website on Thursday morning, among other items of national importance such as government reshuffles and international treaties. “He is known for his warm feelings to our country, which he has never hidden.”Seagal joins a number of westerners who have sought, and been granted, Russian citizenship. For Seagal, Russian citizenship may give him the chance to burnish his film career with new opportunities and funding.

Source: The Guardian November 03, 2016 13:07 UTC