Let’s just say that he feels strongly about this. Former Hollywood star Steven Seagal says that there’s no doubt in his mind that he is “one million percent” Russian and that he is proud of his heritage, too. This comes after the actor received a special award from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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That, and Seagal also pledged his allegiance to Russia during an International Movement of Russians in Moscow. Here’s what you need to know.
Steven Seagal – Makes Some Interesting Comments About Russia After Receiving An Award From Vladimir Putin
Seagal had some interesting things to see about the current political climate in the United States, as he believes that America is spending “billions of dollars of disinformation, lies.” Now, if there is any real proof of that, no one really knows.
Seagal went on to say that America seems to be on a campaign to “attempt to try to discredit, demoralize and destroy the emerging morale of Russia.”
Steven Seagal – Says He’s One Million Percent Russian
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He continued, “Over half of the people in America actually love Russia and love Russians and know that they’re being lied to. My father was pure Russian, and I was raised in a pure Russian household, because my mother was completely immersed in the Russian culture and she did not have parents.
So, I grew up with Russian culture. I grew up loving Russia and loving all of what I learned about it from a very early age. And for me, I am one million per cent Russophile and one million per cent Russian.”
As many of his fans probably already know, Seagal was born in Michigan, but moved to Los Angeles later in life. He attended high school in Buena Park, California and went to Fullerton College in the early seventies and even spent some time living in Japan. His father was Jewish while his mother was of Irish descent.
However, his paternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants who came from the Vladivostok area, as well as Belarus and Saint Petersburg.
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