Yevgeny Stepanovich Savchenko (russian: Евгений Степанович Савченко) (born 1950) is a Russian politician, who is currently the Senator of Belgorod Oblast on legislative authority since 22 September 2020. He had served as the
governor
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of
Belgorod Oblast
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History
At the turn of the 17th c ...
in Southern
Russia
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from 1993 to 2020. Savchenko is a member of
United Russia
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.
Savchenko is a supporter of President
Putin
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and won by a clear majority against his
communist
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challenger,
Vasily Altukhov in 2003, receiving 61% of the votes. He had previously been elected in 1999, when he won against
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky, ''né'' Eidelshtein (russian: link=false, Эйдельштейн) (25 April 1946 – 6 April 2022) was a Russian right-wing populist politician and the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) fr ...
. He initiated a campaign against swearing in his district.
References
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Official websiteRussian region bans foul language(BBC News)
1950 births
Living people
People from Belgorod Oblast
United Russia politicians
21st-century Russian politicians
Governors of Belgorod Oblast
Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
Members of the Federation Council of Russia (1996–2000)
Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000)
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