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Tossoff ago

When it was established in 2005, ANO TV-Novosti invested $30 million in start-up costs to establish RT,[14] with a budget of $30 million for its first year of operation. Half of the network's budget came from the Russian government; the other half came from pro-Kremlin commercial banks at the government's request.[42] Its annual budget increased from approximately $80 million in 2007 to $380 million in 2011, but was reduced to $300 million in 2012.[94][2][95] Russian President Vladimir Putin prohibited the reduction of funding for RT on 30 October 2012.[96]

BlinkAndUMissIt ago

shill SHil/ North American informal noun noun: shill; plural noun: shills

1.
an accomplice of a hawker, gambler, or swindler who acts as an enthusiastic customer to entice or encourage others.
    a person who pretends to give an impartial endorsement of something in which they themselves have an interest.
    "a megamillionaire who makes more money as a shill for corporate products than he does for playing basketball"

verb verb: shill; 3rd person present: shills; past tense: shilled; past participle: shilled; gerund or present participle: shilling

1.
act or work as a shill.