Journalist, reporter, military correspondent, special ARSTRBC correspondent in the DPR, russian military journalist, VGTRK correspondent, host of the author's telegram channel "Reporter Rudenko V"
Openly supports russia's war against Ukraine, spreading kremlin propaganda narratives, supports russia's annexation of Ukrainian Crimea, putin's policies and the kremlin regime. He was included in the list of putin's proxies in the 2024 presidential election.
On his own Telegram channel with a total audience of over 215 thousand users, he called for the speedy "accession" of the temporarily occupied part of Ukraine to russia.
He systematically expresses support for the russian military and separatist armed groups, justifies russia's military aggression against Ukraine, covers russia's military actions on the territory of Ukraine in favor of the russian government, glorifies russian war criminals, and actively spreads disinformation and propaganda about russia's war against Ukraine in accordance with the kremlin's narratives.
Since 2023, he has been the head of the Donetsk editorial office of VGTRK rossiya, covering the so-called "SMO" and preparing commissioned and staged stories from the temporarily occupied Donbas.
He cooperates with the project "People's Front. Everything for Victory" project and raises funds for the needs of the russian military, in particular for quadcopters, electronic warfare equipment against drones, thermal imagers, complete tactical first aid kits, drone control kits, tablets, off-road vehicles, and other military equipment.
In 2020, he received the Order of Merit for the Republic from the so-called "DPR government".
In August 2023, the Security Service of Ukraine notified Rudenko in absentia of suspicion of encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine, justification, recognition of the lawfulness, denial of russia's armed aggression against Ukraine, glorification of its participants and collaboration.
In December 2024, he took part in the leading Russian New Year's television show "Goluboy ogonyok" on the VGTRK channel, where, as invited guests, he personally represented the military personnel of the russian armed forces who are or have been involved in the war against Ukraine. During the concert, these servicemen were honored by the hosts and participants, given the opportunity to make "military-patriotic" speeches and send greetings to their "colleagues" from the front.