Native Name Lang: | ru |
Office: | Deputy of the 8th State Duma |
Term Start: | 19 September 2021 |
Term Start2: | 5 October 2016 |
Term End2: | 12 October 2021 |
Birth Date: | 22 May 1972 |
Birth Place: | Sovetskiy, Kupinsky District, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR |
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 (ru|Евгений Васильевич Ревенко; born May 22, 1972, Sovetskiy, Kupinsky District) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 7th State and 8th State Dumas.[1]
In 1991, started working as a freelancer of the All-Union radio station "Youth". He left the position in 1995 to work for the VIDgital. From 1996 to 2000, he was a correspondent at the NTV. In 1996-1997, covered the First Chechen War, and in 1999, he prepared documentaries on the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. At the beginning of the 2000s, worked at the Russia-1 TV channel. From 2005 to 2007, he worked as Deputy Director of the Department of Mass Communications, Culture and Education of the Government of Russia. From 2012 to 2016, was a Deputy General Director of the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. Since 2016, was a deputy of the State Duma of the 7th and 8th convocations.[1] [2] [3]
has been heavily criticized for his rather emotional and often fake coverage of the events, particularly the ones related to the Ukrainian politics.[4] [5]
Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [6]