US actor Steven Seagal has reportedly performed at a concert in Crimea on a stage decorated with the flag of pro-Russian separatists fighting in eastern Ukraine.
Seagal, who knows Russian President Vladimir Putin, apparently performed in the Black Sea port city of Sevastopol at a concert organised by a motorcycle gang of Russian nationalists known as the Night Wolves.
Russia annexed the Ukrainian region in March. Reports claim that Seagal was then handed a shirt with Putin’s face on it, which he held aloft as he thanked the crowd.
Fighting in eastern Ukraine continues to rage while Ukrainian officials demand that the insurgents surrender.