Pay attention to what they do, not what they say.

Or put another way: Follow the money.

To wit:

"Two employees of RT, the Russian state media network, were indicted in a US court for allegedly being part of a scheme that funneled nearly $10 million to set up and direct a Tennessee-based front company to produce online content aimed at sowing divisions among Americans, according to the Justice Department.

Taken together, the actions represent the Biden administration's most significant public response yet to alleged Russian influence operations targeting American voters.

After the US accused Iran of trying to hack both the Trump and Biden-Harris campaigns last month, Wednesday's expected actions are a reminder that US officials continue to see Russia as a prominent foreign influence threat to November's election, the sources said."

Does Putin know his MAGA audience or what?:

Prominent lawmakers and propagandists on Russian state TV frequently admit that Russia is still interested in propping up "Trumpushka." A phony "endorsement" of Vice President Kamala Harris by Russian President Vladimir Putin was designed to boost Russia's favorite contender--like a previous attempt to smear U.S. President Joe Biden by claiming to support his re-election in his interview with Carlson. At the time, state TV propagandists proudly described this effort to mislead Americans as Putin carefully planted "info-bombs and mines" during his sit-down with Carlson.

After airing a clip with Putin's comments, claiming to support the presidential candidacy of Harris, Solovyov laughed and promised that gullible Americans will believe that Putin was serious.

Shrugging off the pretense and refusing to play along with Putin's charade, Andrey Sidorov, deputy dean of world politics at the Moscow State University, insisted, "I will always root for Trump. Trump is a direct path to civil war in the United States."