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Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded Russian citizenship to action film actor Steven Seagal.
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.
US film star and pal of Vladimir Putin Steven Seagal plays concert in Crimea
Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov tells reporters 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”.
Other foreign celebrities to be awarded Russian nationality by the Kremlin in recent years are French actor Gerard Depardieu and US boxer Roy Jones Jnr.



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US actor Steven Seagal signing the condolence book for late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej at Sala Sahathai Samakhom Pavilion, inside the compound of the Grand Palace, in Bangkok. Photo: EPA

US action movie actor Steven Seagal (R) takes part in a bike-show in the Crimean city of Sevastopol on August 10, 2014. Crimea's largely Russian-speaking residents voted in March to become part of Russia, in a hastily organised referendum held as Russian troops patrolled the region. AFP PHOTO/YURI LASHOV

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