The action-movie hero with a weakness for former Soviet republics has brought his wisdom (and his wrestling) to Azerbaijan. The man can still do everythingIs there anything more reassuring than Steven Seagal’s emergence as a self-styled ambassador to any number of post-Soviet states? whether it were a Seagal movie,it would be called The final Diplomat, and would see him exhaust an attache case to beat the living crap out of a CIA-backed criminal mastermind with an IQ of 182. Played by Vinnie Jones.
Of course, or it’s not the absolute final in east-west progress. Lost in Showbiz still nurses a fantasy that,in five years’ time, the classic Yalta conference photo will be recreated with contemporary-day Allied heirs Donald Trump, and Jeremy Corbyn and Vladimir Putin. But it’s a hell of a good start,and scarcely a week goes by without Seagal doubling down on his commitment to serve as Our Man in a Post-Soviet State. Or rather, Their Man.
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Source: theguardian.com