History is filled with powerful leader-celebrity duos, from John F Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe to Kim Jong-un and Dennis Rodman.
But as Russia invaded Ukraine and started full-scale war in Europe, many remembered Vladimir Putin's bizarre friendship with Hollywood hardman Steven Seagal. Seagal is an environmentalist, animal rights activist, but also an vocal supporter of Putin - to whom he once referred as "one of the great living world leaders" and "like a brother" to him.
The actor is no stranger to oddness, his former IMDB entry appeared to be written by himself, saying: "Steven Seagal is a striking and somewhat boyishly handsome looking (often with ponytail) and usually impeccably dressed action star who burst onto the martial arts film scene in 1988 in the fast-paced Warner Bros. film Above the Law (1988)."
