Former Hollywood action star Steven Seagal insists he is ‘one million per cent Russian’

After receiving an Order of Friendship medal from Russian President Vladimir Putin, the former Hollywood action movie star Steven Seagal has declared himself to be ‘one million per cent’ Russian. He was honoured by Putin in recognition of the support he showed after the invasion of Ukraine.

Seagal pledged his allegiance to Russia while he was in Moscow last Monday 13, where he attended an event held by the International Movement of Russophiles. This is a group of supporters who are attempting to have the EU sanctions against Moscow lifted by painting Russia in a good light, and who are all non-Russians.

Speaking at the event, the actor accused Washington of attempting to try “to discredit, demoralise, and destroy the emerging morale of Russia”. He claimed that this was being done by the US administration spending “billions of dollars on disinformation, lies. Over half of the people in America actually love Russia and love Russians and know that they’re being lied to”.

“My father was Russian, and I grew up in a Russian family, my mother was also immersed in Russian culture. My father was an educated person, and we knew Russian literature, culture and traditions, all the great authors. I am one hundred per cent Russophile and one million per cent Russian”, explained the star who was born in Michigan, as reported by kommersant.ru.

As Seagal once stated in an interview, his paternal grandfather was born in one of the Buddhist regions of Russia and moved to the USA in the first half of the 20th century.

He also mentioned that his grandmother was from Vladivostok and that some of his ancestors came from St. Petersburg and Belarus. The actor, in search of information about the family, travelled to Kalmykia, Tuva and Yakutia.