Russian Propagandists Earn 3B Rubles Annually
A Russian investigative project by 'Verstka' reveals that state propagandists, including media managers, TV hosts, and war correspondents, earned around 3 billion rubles annually during the war, with the highest earners being media executives and top TV personalities. The report highlights significant income disparities, with media managers receiving the largest share, while war correspondents and Z-bloggers received only 6% of the total.
Consensus
- Russian state propagandists earned approximately 3 billion rubles annually.
- War correspondents and Z-bloggers received only 6 percent of the total funds.
- The highest earners were media managers, with an average annual income exceeding 92 million rubles.
- The data was provided by the project Manticore, which aggregates Russian leaks.
- The investigation focused on 63 prominent figures in Russian state media.
- The income figures are based on leaked financial data.
Points of divergence
- The video urges viewers to watch it to the end and like it to increase its visibility on YouTube. — tg_svobodnieslova
- The report claims that the public's fatigue with 'SVO' has led to declining ratings and trust in television. — tg_radiosvoboda
- Boris Rozhin earned 28.7 million rubles in 2025 from 'First Channel', RT, and his Telegram channel. — tg_sibrealii
- The report claims that the public's fatigue with the war has led to declining trust in television. — tg_theinsider
- Boris Rozhin earned 28.7 millions rubles in 2025. — tg_severrealii
- The report states that the average annual income of TV hosts is three times higher than that of military propagandists. — tg_tvrain
- The report states that the average annual income of television hosts is three times higher than that of war propagandists. — tvrain
Coverage (8 sources)
- How much do Mikhailov and military correspondents earn. Investigation by 'Vorstka' — Вёрстка
- Russian propagandists earn billions of rubles annually — special project 'Verstka' on elite 'budgetarians' — Радио Свобода
- From 6 to 600 million a year made up the earnings of state propagandists for a year — Сибирь.Реалии
- Russian propagandists earn billions of rubles annually — special project 'Verstka' on elite 'budgetarians' — The Insider
- From 6 to 600 million a year made up the earnings of state propagandists for a year — Север.Реалии
- Russian propagandists earn billions of rubles annually — special project 'Verstka' on elite 'budgetarians' — Вёрстка
- Russian propagandists earn about three billion rubles a year — "Typesetting" — Дождь (Telegram)
- How much do Russian propagandists earn per year — Дождь
Key entities
- Verstki
- SVO
- Kirill Kovalchuk
- Mikhalkov
- Budgetaries
- Russia
- Telegram channel
- National Media Group
- Z-blogger
- Boris Rozhin
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