Yevgeny Savchenko

Yevgeny Stepanovich Savchenko (Russian: Евгений Степанович Савченко) (born 1950) is the governor of Belgorod Oblast in Southern Russia. He has been in office since 1993, he is a member of the Agrarian Party. Savchenko is a supporter of President Putin and won by a clear majority against his communist challenger, Vasily Altukhov in 2003, receiving 61% of the votes. He had previously been elected in 1999, when he won against Vladimir Zhirinovsky. He initiated a campaign against swearing in his district.