You can say what you want, but I've heard it from his own mouth during one of his presentations. Don't ask me for a link, though, because that video was posted back when I was still on Facebook, and I chose to leave that behind me in 2010 because I could not reconcile myself with their privacy policy, in which they stated that all of my personal information, my photographs et al, were their intellectual property, to do with as they pleased, and to share with their "business partners" without my consent.
As for being a Bilderberger, he and his wife were on the list of attendees about a decade ago, and that list was public.
You may not like RT, but Abby Martin is one hell of an investigative journalist, and she doesn't do half a job. It just so happens to be that RT was her employer at the time — she is now working for TeleSUR, and she still has her own independent organization Media Roots, which she founded together with her brother Robbie — but it was her own show, with her own investigations, her own interviews and her own opinions.
And on her show, Abby was not afraid to criticize the Russian political policy in Crimea either, but RT chose not to censor her. That should tell you enough.
I've just clicked that link again myself, and it takes me to the correct article. Maybe your browser is infected with a hijacker of some sorts. Try opening it in an anonymous window, so that it doesn't read any of your cookies or your cache.