The Russian navy never recovered from the end of the Cold War and the sharp, continuing reductions in the navy budget Efforts to replace the aging Cold War era ships failed At the end of the Cold War in 1991 Russia had the second-largest fleet in the w
A Russian shipyard is ready to deliver the refurbished nuclear-powered cruiser Admiral Nakhimov to the fleet this year Work on the Admiral Nakhimov began in 2014 and was supposed to be completed by 2018 As usual, there were technical, economic and poli