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Yevgeny Revenko | |
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Евгений Ревенко | |
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| Deputy of the8th State Duma | |
| Assumed office 19 September 2021 | |
| Deputy of the7th State Duma | |
| In office 5 October 2016 – 12 October 2021 | |
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| Born | (1972-05-22)22 May 1972 (age 53) |
| Political party | United Russia |
| Alma mater | Lviv Higher Military-Political School Moscow State University |
| Awards | Order of Friendship,Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland",Medal "For the Return of Crimea" |
Evgeny Vasilievich Revenko (Russian:Евгений Васильевич Ревенко; born May 22, 1972, Sovetskiy,Kupinsky District) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the7th State and8th State Dumas.[1]
In 1991, Revenko started working as a freelancer of theAll-Union radio station "Youth". He left the position in 1995 to work for theVIDgital. From 1996 to 2000, he was a correspondent at theNTV. In 1996-1997, Revenko covered theFirst Chechen War, and in 1999, he prepared documentaries on theNATO bombing of Yugoslavia. At the beginning of the 2000s, he worked at theRussia-1 TV channel. From 2005 to 2007, he worked as Deputy Director of the Department of Mass Communications, Culture and Education of theGovernment of Russia. From 2012 to 2016, he was a Deputy General Director of theAll-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. Since 2016, he was a deputy of theState Duma of the 7th and 8th convocations.[1][2][3]
Revenko has been heavily criticized for his rather emotional and often fake coverage of the events, particularly the ones related to Ukrainian politics.[4][5]
Revenko was sanctioned by theUK government in 2022 in relation to theRusso-Ukrainian War.[6]