Evgeny Vasilievich Revenko (russian: Евгений Васильевич Ревенко; born May 22, 1972, Sovetskiy, Kupinsky District) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the

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and 8th State Dumas. In 1991, Revenko started working as a freelancer of the All-Union radio station "Youth". He left the position in 1995 to work for the

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. From 1996 to 2000, he was a correspondent at the

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. In 1996-1997, Revenko covered the

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, and in 1999, he prepared documentaries on the

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. At the beginning of the 2000s, Revenko worked at the

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TV channel. From 2005 to 2007, he worked as Deputy Director of the Department of Mass Communications, Culture and Education of the

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. From 2012 to 2016, Revenko was a Deputy General Director of the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. Since 2016, Revenko was a deputy of the

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of the 7th and 8th convocations. Revenko has been heavily criticized for his rather emotional and often fake coverage of the events, particularly the ones related to the Ukrainian politics.

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to

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