RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: Putin just took a public humiliation — Russia’s only national TV company has gone bankrupt. The numbers are brutal: £38.3 million in debt and collapsing revenues after years of sanctions pressure. When a regime can’t even keep its main propaganda outlet alive, it’s not a “technical issue.” Its a political embarrassment. This isn’t just a media failure. It’s a crack in the façade Moscow has spent decades painting over. Snapshot Russia’s sole TV company bankrupt £38.3 million in unpaid debt Revenues collapsed under sanctions Kremlin loses a key domestic propaganda tool Symbolic blow: a “great power” that cant fund its own narrative Putin can pretend nothing happ

Putin just took a public humiliation — Russia’s only national TV company has gone bankrupt.   The numbers are brutal: £38.3 million in debt and collapsing revenues after years of sanctions pressure. When a regime can’t even keep its main propaganda outlet alive, it’s not a “technical issue.” Its a political embarrassment.
This isn’t just a media failure. It’s a crack in the façade Moscow has spent decades painting over.
Snapshot
Russia’s sole TV company bankrupt

£38.3 million in unpaid debt
Revenues collapsed under sanctions

Kremlin loses a key domestic propaganda tool
Symbolic blow: a “great power” that cant fund its own narrative

Putin can pretend nothing happened. But when the megaphone dies, the message dies with it.

Source: international media

— @jalle51 Aug 6, 2026