Having the government pay for your lawyer and being broke are not mutually exclusive (and that's assuming Russia sees some benefit to providing him counsel). No

Having the government pay for your lawyer and being broke are not mutually exclusive (and that's assuming Russia sees some benefit to providing him counsel). Not sure why Russia would give him any money, what does the money buy them? They could probably put a roof over his head if they really wanted but that's still a far cry from not being broke.