re: Official OT Board Steven Seagal thread

Important info

Seagal was banned from the Ukraine in 2017

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The letter said such a decision is made when a person has “committed socially dangerous actions … that contradict the interests of maintaining Ukraine’s security”. The move comes after the actor received citizenship in Russia, which has backed separatists in a simmering conflict in eastern Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin handed Seagal a Russian passport and told him he hoped their “personal relationship will remain and continue” during a meeting in the Kremlin last year.

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https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/may/05/ukraine-bans-steven-seagal-national-security-russian-citizenship

And yet he has the decency to want peace for both Russia and Ukraine

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"Most of us have friends and family in Russia & Ukraine," the action star told Fox News Digital on Monday. "I look at both 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."

"My prayers are that both countries will come to a positive, peaceful resolution where we can live & thrive together in peace," the 69-year-old shared.

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https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/steven-seagal-russia-invasion-ukraine-putin