Actor Steven Seagal – who once hailed Vladimir Putin as “one of the great living world leaders” – has been pictured in Russia, visiting the victims of the Moscow terror attack.
The health ministry revealed the former Hollywood star, 71, visited the National Medical and Surgical Centre, where he met three victims and “thanked them for their courage and perseverance”.
Via a post on the ministry’s Telegram account, he said: “What happened was a terrible tragedy that should not have happened.
“And I think that Russia will serve as an example and let the world understand that you can’t just do this to any people and go unpunished.
“I thank the doctors for the prompt work they are doing, I am glad to see that the patients are feeling well and are recovering.”
Last year, Mr Putin bestowed a top state award on Seagal to reward him for his “international humanitarian and cultural work”.
The actor and martial arts star, a frequent visitor to Russia, backed Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region in 2014 as “very reasonable”.
He also joined a pro-Kremlin party in 2021, and visited a Russian-controlled part of eastern Ukraine last summer, where he met with a Russian-backed separatist leader.
Ukraine in 2017 banned Seagal from entering for five years on national security grounds.
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