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Former Hollywood action star Steven Seagal (70) seems to really support his good friend, warmongering Vladimir Putin (69) in everything!
Now Seagal is on a propaganda tour of eastern Ukraine – he visited the site of the alleged massacre of dozens of Ukrainian prisoners in Donbass.
And all to make a propaganda film for The tyrant of the Putin Kremlin to turn!
Photos on social media show the actor at the Olenivka POW camp – and how he poses at the site in the ruins of the prison, where around 50 Ukrainian POWs recently died.
Disgusting: Seagal poses in front of a dilapidated building, looking at the supposed remains of Himars rockets, which according to Kremlin propaganda were fired in the countryside by Ukraine. According to Kremlin media, Seagal explained: “We are in Olenivka, in the exact spot where the Himar rockets hit.”
Still: There are now very serious doubts about this obscure history. The fact is, almost everything points to another Russian war crime: Putin’s own troops blew up the prison.
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During his propaganda tour, Seagal also met with Putin’s henchman Denis Pushilin (41, photo left), the “boss” of the self-proclaimed “People’s Republic of Donetsk”. The separatist chief confirmed that Seagal wants to make a documentary about the events in Donbass.
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The actor also spoke with the detainees, Puschilin told Russian news agency “Tass”. Seagal wants to change people’s attitudes about this war: “Steven says 98% of those who talk about the war have never been here. They don’t know what’s really going on.”
In plain language this means: Instead of documenting the events of the war – for example, recording evidence of Russian war crimes – Seagal Putin’s War Propaganda spread even more.
This is how you meet the former Hollywood actor: Seagal at a film festival in 2014
Photo: AFP
The actor does not fail to adopt Moscow’s propaganda rhetoric – during his visit, he used the term “Nazis” for Ukrainian soldiers and said that Ukrainian rockets destroyed the prison.
Background: On July 29, the prison near the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, which housed Azov fighters from the Mariupol steelworks, among others, was bombed.
Kremlin propaganda immediately spread the word that Ukraine had deliberately shot prisoners of war. The perfidious accusation behind it: the Ukrainians used it to bomb their own soldiers to cover up the “truth”.
View from inside a destroyed barracks in Olenivka
Photo: DL/AP
This satellite photo provided by US space company Maxar Technologies shows a view of the bombed Olenivka prison camp in eastern Donetsk province.
Photo: /AP
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Putin has been friends with Seagal for several years. The actor, director and producer recently described the Russian dictator as a “friend” he “would like to consider a brother”.
But overall, the actor seems to have a thing for despots. In May 2021, Seagal visited Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and ceremoniously presented him with a samurai sword.
Seagal with Venezuela’s dictator Nicolás Maduro in May 2021
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In Hollywood, Seagal, who is best known for his roles in martial arts films like 1990’s “Hard to Kill” or 1992’s “Red Alert” (original title: “Under Siege”), has fallen from action icon to a joke character.
Films by the recently self-professed Buddhist and martial artist increasingly failed at the box office. A blatant descent!
However, Seagal still enjoys cult status in Russia and other Eastern European countries. In 2016, Putin, who is also a martial artist, even granted him Russian citizenship.
Putin and Seagal shake hands at Russian passport award ceremony
Photo: AP
The former Hollywood star received Russian citizenship personally from Putin
Photo: AP
Good friends for a long time: Putin and Seagal in 2013
Photo: AP
Two years later, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs appointed Seagal Special Envoy for Humanitarian Relations with the United States, establishing himself in this capacity as a lobbyist for Russian arms dealers. In May 2021, the actor joined Putin’s Fair Russia party.