The purposes are as follows:
Build on the narrative that Russia hacked the ELECTION (impossible) by hacking government computers (false) used by Democrats, and Trump should not be President.
At about this point, the narrative declares that the contents of the emails and the criminal administration of the computers becomes oh-so-unimportant compared to the ACT OF WAR committed by Putin, the Russians and RT that you need to be very mad at RT and the Russians.
It is important that you focus all your attention on Putin, the Russians and RT, so you don't notice the Globalist Nazi and Sunni - Wahhabi cooperation in Europe, the ME and North Africa, behind your back.
These are the players with billions in ties and bribes to Obama, Clintons, Kerry, Gore and All the DemoRats and GOPee.
They already have stabbed the American People in the back with the cover and cooperation of the American Enemedia, since the close of the Reagan Administration.
RT just won't cooperate, so they need to go away.
"Go away" like all of those once private/independent news outlets in Russia? That is, before your hero, KGB Putin and Mikhail Lesin, forcibly took them over. Re my post 9, the one I got yelled at for.