In 1995, he graduated from the Russian Academy of State Service under the President of Russia.

In 1985, he entered the military and served as a deputy political officer for a minesweeper unit in the Soviet Navy Pacific Fleet and advanced to the rank of Captain 1st rank.

[4] In 2010, Savenko was nominated as a candidate for Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast; however, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev selected Nikolay Tsukanov to head the region.

[6] At the end of his term, Savenko was appointed as the head of the Kaliningrad representative office in Moscow.

[7] On 5 January 2020, Savenko sustained head injuries in a fall and went into a coma.