{"id":1228371,"date":"2025-10-06T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1228371"},"modified":"2025-10-02T13:48:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T10:48:16","slug":"russia-boosts-spending-on-tv-propaganda-ccd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russia-boosts-spending-on-tv-propaganda-ccd\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia boosts spending on TV propaganda \u2013 CCD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Russia\u2019s budget spending on state television channels in 2026 will reach 106.4 billion rubles (USD 1.27 billion), which is 54% higher than previously planned and exceeds this year\u2019s figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-polytics\/4042356-russia-boosts-spending-on-tv-propaganda-ccd.html\">According to Ukrinform<\/a>, this was reported on Telegram by the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) under Ukraine\u2019s National Security and Defense Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe largest increase will go to entertainment and secondary federal TV channels \u2014 subsidies for them have more than doubled. Budgets for the main Kremlin broadcasters \u2014&nbsp;<em>Channel One, Rossiya 1, NTV,<\/em>&nbsp;and others \u2014 have also grown significantly. In total, from 2026 to 2028, the Kremlin plans to spend nearly 246 billion rubles (USD 2.93 billion) on TV propaganda,\u201d the statement says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CCD noted that against the backdrop of a record budget deficit and economic problems caused by the war and sanctions, the Russian authorities are cutting social spending and raising taxes on their citizens. At the same time, the government continues to generously fund propaganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the Kremlin, the media machine is a key tool for maintaining control. Thanks to it, Russian society is willing to tolerate poverty, go to the front, and support the aggressive policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin \u2014 policies that are destroying Russia itself, the CCD emphasized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As reported earlier, Russia has also significantly increased funding for propaganda projects targeting foreign audiences, as well as for the state program promoting the Russian language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/eu-has-a-legal-way-to-use-frozen-russian-assets-von-der-leyen\/\">EU Has a Legal Way to Use Frozen Russian Assets \u2013 von der Leyen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia\u2019s budget spending on state television channels in 2026 will reach 106.4 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1228373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,49,36415,53,36422,50],"tags":[76,78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1228371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-uk","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-russia-en","category-11473-news-en-3","category-svit-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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