I assume it's subsidized through some laundering scheme in order to push propaganda on the populace. It probably does originate from the government, then to Israel, ukraine,, etc, until it finds its into the movie investors' pockets. They ultimately make money, though they take a paper loss. The reason they make money is because they wouldn't have the money but for the scheme. They keep some of it — the money that's not invested. That's their commission. The money they invested was never really theirs. Meanwhile, the powers that be get to use our money to pay for their propoganda.