Actor and aikido master Steven Seagal has become a Russian citizen.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has personally
handed Russian passport to US actor Steven Seagal in the Kremlin on
Friday.
“I would like to congratulate you and express hope that, although small,
this gesture could also be a sign of the gradual normalization of
relations between our countries,” Putin said during a meeting with
Seagal.
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The US actor said in turn that it was a great honor for him to be in the
Kremlin at a personal meeting with the Russian president.
"Spasibo bolshoe [Thank you very much]," Steven Seagal said in Russian
after signing the passport.
On November 3, Putin decreed to grant Seagal Russian citizenship. Seagal
joined the ranks of famous US citizens who were granted Russian
citizenship recently along with boxer Roy Jones and mixed-martial artist
Jeff Monson.
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