Its president (dictator) Vladimir Putin has been adamant the West and its attempts to drive Russia from its occupied claims.
President Joe Biden and most world leaders support Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine. They believe Russia has committed war crimes by this invasion, seizure of land and torture of civilians.
Segal is now offering his training skills to inexperienced men who are being forced to serve. Many of the men who are serving have no military experience and are losing their lives to a senseless war.
While unconfirmed, it appears that over 100,000 Russians and nearly 200,000 Ukrainians died in this war.
Seagal told Russian government news agency Tass, “It is important that the development of Aikido proceed at a faster pace” among recruits in the Russian Armed Forces, which have been facing monumental troop losses as the war with Ukraine drags into its second year.
Russia has dubbed Seagal “Special Representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry on Cultural Issues.” Those issues now apparently include training Russian soldiers in hand-to-hand combat.
According to the Aikido Association of America, the martial art focuses on bringing “peaceful resolutions” to conflicts. If that doesn’t work, there’s always the “comprehensive system of throwing, joint-locking, striking and pinning techniques, coupled with training in traditional Japanese weapons such as the sword, staff and knife.”
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