Many were affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Celebrities spoke outThe brutal attack by President Vladimir Putin on his neighbor is not supported. Steven Seagal, a celeb who was friendly with Putin in the past didn’t condemn Putin’s actions. He instead spoke out. Fox News, “I look at [Russia and Ukraine] as one family and really believe it is an outside entity spending huge sums of money on propaganda to provoke the two countries to be at odds with each other.”Seagal is currently being punished for his participation in pro-Russian propaganda.
The following is the New York PostSeagal took photos at a Russian prison in which dozens of Ukrainian POWs were murdered by an explosion. According to a Russian news outlet TVZVEZDASeagal suggested (translated with Google Translate) that Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian President, was responsible for the deaths his own soldiers imprisoned in prison. “Nazis.”Zelensky was also accused by him of war crimes. Rep for the humanitarian nonprofit Nova UkraineSubmitted TMZSeagal’s actions were an act of agression “reprehensible example of how when your career is already tarnished some of us scrape to the lowest levels of Earth to claw back any relevancy, even being paraded around by dictators who oppose the U.S.”
Seagal was granted Russian citizenship in 2016 and supported the Kremlin’s annexion of Crimea in 2014. Per The GuardianHe also called Putin “a great man.” “one of the greatest world leaders.”