Putin's pal Steven Seagal is banned from Ukraine for five years as he's deemed a 'national security threat'

Steven Segal has been banned from Ukraine for five years due to committing 'socially dangerous actions...that contradict the interests of maintaining Ukraine's security'. Many believe this is because of his relationship with Russian President Vladmir Putin (seen here at the mixed fight Championship in Sochi in August 2012)

Actor Steven Seagal has been banned from Ukraine as a national security threat.

The star, best known for the blockbusters Hard to Kill and Under Siege, will not be allowed to enter
the Eastern European nation for the next five years.

According to a Ukrainian security service letter published by Apostrophe, the 65-year-old is banned on grounds that he has 'committed socially dangerous actions... that contradict the interests of maintaining Ukraine's security'.

Suspicions have arisen that this may be due to Seagal's relationship with Russian President Vladmir Putin, which has gone so far as to obtain a Russian passport and declare that he 'would like to consider [Putin] as a brother'.