{"id":3803,"date":"2018-08-05T18:03:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T18:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2018\/08\/05\/steven-seagal-whos-banned-from-ukraine-named-a-special-representative-of-russian-foreign-ministry\/"},"modified":"2018-08-05T18:03:40","modified_gmt":"2018-08-05T18:03:40","slug":"steven-seagal-whos-banned-from-ukraine-named-a-special-representative-of-russian-foreign-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2018\/08\/05\/steven-seagal-whos-banned-from-ukraine-named-a-special-representative-of-russian-foreign-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Seagal, Who\u2019s Banned From Ukraine, Named a \u2018Special Representative\u2019 of Russian Foreign Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/steven-seagal\/\" id=\"auto-tag_steven-seagal\">Steven Seagal<\/a>, who is currently banned from Ukraine after being labeled a threat to national security, has been named a &#8220;special representative&#8221; of the Russian Foreign Ministry.\u00a0A Russian citizen since 2016 and ally of Vladimir Putin who vehemently denies that the country interfered in America&#8217;s 2016 presidential election, Seagal&#8217;s role will concern &#8220;the sphere of culture, public and youth exchanges&#8221; and be similar to that of a United Nations goodwill ambassador.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2017\/11\/portia-de-rossi-steven-seagal-sexual-harassment-1201895491\/\" title=\"Portia de Rossi Accuses Steven Seagal of Sexual Harassment: \u2018He Sat Me Down and Unzipped His Leather Pants\u2019\">Portia de Rossi Accuses Steven Seagal of Sexual Harassment: \u2018He Sat Me Down and Unzipped His Leather Pants\u2019<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>According to the Russian Foreign Ministry&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MIDRussia\/photos\/a.480802735352506.1073741861.264205757012206\/1425643507535086\/?type=3&#038;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook post<\/a> announcing the appointment, Seagal will not receive a monetary reward for his duties \u2014 such is his commitment to Mother Russia. That same commitment is the reason the &#8220;Under Siege&#8221; and &#8220;Hard to Kill&#8221; has been deemed persona non grata by neighboring Ukraine, which bans those who have\u00a0\u201ccommitted socially dangerous actions \u2026 that contradict the interests of maintaining Ukraine\u2019s security.\u201d Seagal has called Russia&#8217;s annexation of Crimea &#8220;very reasonable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2017\/05\/steven-seagal-banned-from-ukraine-1201813354\/\" title=\"Steven Seagal Has Been Banned from Ukraine and Labeled a Threat to National Security\">Steven Seagal Has Been Banned from Ukraine and Labeled a Threat to National Security<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;For anyone to think that Vladimir Putin had anything to do with fixing the elections, or even that the Russians have that kind of technology, is stupid,&#8221; Seagal said during an appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i86M4zj_Kec\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Good Morning Britain&#8221;<\/a> last year. &#8220;And this kind of propaganda is really a diversion&#8230;so that the people in the United States of America won&#8217;t really see what&#8217;s happening.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: IndieWire film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Seagal, who is currently banned from Ukraine after being labeled a threat to national security, has been named a &#8220;special&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-3803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-careering"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paqOTj-Zl","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3803\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}