<img title="Steven Seagal " src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/may/7Seagal.jpg" alt="Steven Seagal " />Steven Seagal. Pic/Getty Images
Ukraine has banned American action movie star Steven Seagal as a part of national security threat, after the actor received Russian citizenship.
The Ukrainian security service said it had forbidden Seagal entry to the country for five years, in a letter published by the news site Apostrophe. The service&rsquo;s press secretary later confirmed the ban to other media.
The letter said such a decision is made when a person has &ldquo;committed socially dangerous actions... that contradict the interests of maintaining Ukraine&rsquo;s security&rdquo;.
The move comes after the actor received citizenship in Russia, which has backed separatists in a simmering conflict in eastern Ukraine.
President Vladimir Putin handed Seagal a Russian passport and told him he hoped their &ldquo;personal relationship will remain and continue&rdquo; during a meeting in the Kremlin last year.
After the ban, Seagal is the latest of several cultural figures to be blacklisted, including actor Gerard Depardieu.
Ukraine previously banned Russia&rsquo;s entry to the Eurovision song contest that Kiev is hosting next week.

Ukraine has banned American action movie star Steven Seagal as a part of national security threat, after the actor received Russian citizenship

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Ukraine has banned American action movie star Steven Seagal as a part of national security threat, after the actor received Russian citizenship

Is Steven Seagal a threat to national security?

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