Steven Seagal, a former American action movie star and now a Russian citizen and ardent supporter of dictator Vladimir Putin, was injured Thursday at Moscow’s Pirogov State Medical Center recovering from the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack. We visited three people.
Russia’s Ministry of Health posted a photo of Seagal, 71. salute The three injured victims expressed their gratitude for their “courage and patience” in hospital.
“What happened was a terrible tragedy that should never have happened. And Russia should set an example and make the world understand that you can’t do something like this to anyone and go unpunished.” I think you can do it,” Seagal reported. Said.
“I would like to thank the doctors for their quick response. I am happy to see the patient feeling better and recovering,” he said.
The Health Ministry announced that four victims of the terrorist attack were being recuperated at Pirogov State Medical Center, but only noted that Seagal had visited three of them.
seagal’s voice supported President Putin annexed Crimea in 2014. He became a Russian citizen in 2016 and was immediately banned from entering Ukraine, although he has been able to visit parts of the country occupied by Russian forces since the invasion.he was there named In 2018, he was appointed as the “Humanitarian Envoy” of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
seagal I participated In 2021, a pro-Kremlin party was named “Just Russian Patriots for Truth,” and some of its leaders are former members of pro-Russian separatist militias that have been fighting the Ukrainian government for years.
Seagal is mention To Putin, he is a “brother” and “one of the greatest world leaders, if not the greatest world leader alive today.” President Putin returned the favor by awarding Seagal the Order of Friendship with Russia in February 2023.
ukrainian Kyiv Post Office on thursday ridiculed President Putin for entrusting Seagal with visiting injured terrorist victims:
Photos released last week appear to show Putin lighting candles for victims in a Moscow church, but he is otherwise seen visiting massacre sites, injured survivors and murdered victims. There has been no indication of any intention to meet with the relatives of those who died. .
Asked if the Russian leader was planning such a meeting, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said only: “If we need to communicate, we will inform you accordingly.”
Peskov also said Putin had no plans to visit the Crocus City concert hall at this time, as rescue workers continued to search for bodies under the rubble. He said: “In this day and age, it is completely inappropriate to conduct any fact-finding trip, as it would only hinder the efforts of rescue workers.”
Although there is an Islamic state, trusted Regarding the Crocus attack, President Putin and other Russian officials continue to claim that Ukraine and the United States played a role in planning, facilitating, or carrying out the terrorist act, which at last count killed 140 people and injured another 360. There is.
A concert venue at the burnt-out Crocus Town Hall in Krasnogorsk, a suburb of Moscow, on March 26, 2024 (Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP)
Russian Investigative Committee claimed The agency announced Thursday that it had received “verifiable information that the perpetrators of the terrorist attack received large sums of money and cryptocurrencies from Ukraine that were used in the preparation of the crime.”
“The relationship between the detained terrorist and Ukrainian nationalists was established through the examination of electronic devices and the analysis of financial transactions,” the commission said.
The commission also claimed that at least one “financier” involved in the attack had been “identified and detained.”
Washington and Kiev continue to deny the accusations from Moscow, sometimes using very colorful language.
“My uncle used to say that good fertilizer salesmen often put samples in their mouths. Russian officials seem to be pretty good fertilizer salesmen,” White House Press Secretary John Kirby said. . Said on Thursday.
