LOS ANGELES, Aug 10 — Steven Seagal, the action movie star, film director, martial artist, musician, sometime police officer and friend of Vladimir Putin, is adding diamond investor to his bow.
The actor known for bone-crushing roles in films such as “Under Siege”, “Hard to Kill” and “The Glimmer Man” is on a business trip in Siberia, visiting the operations of Alrosa PJSC, the world’s largest diamond miner, the company said by e-mail on Thursday. Seagal has been interested in investing in Russian diamonds for a long time, Alrosa said, without elaborating.
The company raised about US$1.3 billion (RM5.1 billion) selling shares to investors in 2013.
Seagal is no stranger to Russia and has praised President Putin on the state-sponsored Russia Today news network as “one of the greatest world leaders, if not the greatest world leader, alive today.”
The actor’s talent agency representatives didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment by phone and e-mail. — Bloomberg
