Media reports allege the three stations lose $1.5 million a month and the real source of funds is the Kremlin.

Media reports allege the three stations lose $1.5 million a month and the real source of funds is the Kremlin. Most TV stations lose money in Ukraine and are subsidized to promote the political groups, of major businessmen, or oligarchs. The stations — 112 Ukraine, NewsOne and ZIK – had a total audience share of only 5%. But their news stations had higher ratings. Yesterday afternoon, after the stations continued streaming through YouTube, Oleksandr Tkachenko, Minister of Culture and Information Policy, asked YouTube to cut them off.