Of course, I understand when we look at the company who is funding the operation but when you see the names behind that company, namely Potanin and Abramovich, it wouldn't matter if the company went completely bankrupt. These two men sharing the 'cost' of a hockey team, they wouldn't even notice it on their expenses list!
The KHL, given the currently situation and recent history, needs this strong, high profile teams to survive, especially the foreign ones. Look at Dinamo Riga, if it were down to pure business they wouldn not be in this league, it's not possible is it? But they need to be in the league so they are funded.