Why did Steven Seagal disappear to Russia?

November 2024 · 2 minute read

Steven Seagal is a well-known American actor who also has a 7th-dan black belt in aikido. In Japan, he began his career as an aikido instructor.

Success followed him all the way to Los Angeles, where he was cast in the film ‘Above the Law.’ He later appeared in other films, including ‘Under Siege,’ ‘On Deadly Ground,’ and ‘Under Siege 2: Dark Territory.’

He did not become an overnight success in Hollywood, but he did build a name for himself as a brilliant martial artist-cum-actor whose abilities were employed in martial arts films. He subsequently went on to feature in a series of low-budget direct-to-video films before returning to the big screen with ‘Machete’.

He is also an environmentalist, a proponent of animal rights, and a backer of the Tibetan independence cause.

What happened to Steven Seagal?

Stephen has been up to lots of things since fading of the spotlight. He has been caught on both sides of the coin doing both negative and positive things. Here are some of them;

Why did Steven Seagal disappear to Russia?

According to News 24, Seagal moved to Russia to escape the US crypto fine.

A federal court in Brooklyn, New York, ruled that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) can proceed via Seagal’s business manager to try to collect more than $200,000 that the actor owes the US government.

According to the SEC, Seagal, who now resides in Moscow, has not replied to the commission’s repeated demands after making his initial payment.

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