>>2143260They actually never had a big need for aircraft carriers. It was in 1970's when soviet admiral Gorshkov was so against them that they never bothered to build them properly.
But by 2025 they will start building 2 new ones in Severodvinsk (White Sea). One for North Fleet and one for Pacific Fleet.
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Besides, they have other things to spend money on.
Their military budget is 2.5x of the reported. Officialy, it is 35 billion $, but in reality it is about 90 billion $ or 5.7% of GDP. They have just hidden it across the other budget categories.
http://www.rbc.ru/economics/30/08/2017/59a5a8189a79470f92154521?from=newsfeed-----
Tl, dr - Russia always strong. Continental eurasian power. No need for global oceanic power projection. Blyad.
