Here we have the massive amount of funding that Putin gives his favorite propaganda machine/Putin's Personal Public Relations Squad - RT

2011 - 380 million USD
2012 - 300 million USD
2013 - 300 million USD

The Russia Times is paid very, very well for spreading lies, global mistruths and chronic obfuscations. In fact, it is fair to say:

RT = PPB Putin's Propaganda Brigade.

Marcin Maczka, 'The Propaganda Machine,' New Eastern Europe website

Lenizadt estimates the 2012 Russian Federal Budget at 11 billion rubles to RT's parent company ANO TV-Novosti. Darya Fazletdinova, Anatomy of Non-Resistance, Lenizdat, July 2, 2012, accessed September 28, 2012.