Putin awarded Steven Seagal with the Order of Friendship
Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded the American actor, special representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Steven Seagal with the Order of Friendship. The decree on this was published on Monday, February 27, on the official portal of legal information.
“For a great contribution to the development of international cultural and humanitarian cooperation,” the decree says .
Seagal was appointed Special Representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry on August 4, 2018. The department then said that its task would be to promote the further development of Russian-American relations in the humanitarian sphere. Later, Seagal emphasized that he was serious about the post of special representative.
Later, in October 2021, the actor, who has expert experience with Japan, also promised to do his best to “fix” Russia-Japan relations.
In August 2022, Seagal traveled to the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), where he visited the ruins of a colony in Yelenovka, where captured Ukrainian servicemen were kept and died as a result of shelling, including militants of the Azov terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation. At the same time, the actor announced his intention to make a documentary about Donbass .
Steven Seagal is an American actor, film producer and aikido master. Member of the Just Russia - For Truth party. Has citizenship of the Russian Federation.
