Steven Seagal

STRANGE BEDFELLOWS

The Russian dictator issued a presidential decree allowing the ‘80s action star to become a Russian citizen. But Seagal and Putin’s bizarre love affair goes back years.

Above the Law

Putin’s reviving a Stalin-era fitness program to toughen up Russians—with help from Steven Seagal. Why do today’s strongmen have such a weakness for our washed-up celebrities?

Amid a lawsuit claiming the actor sexually harassed an assistant and kept sex slaves, veteran Seagal chronicler John Connolly on the Lawman star's long history of bad behavior.