As Russia’s only aircraft carrier falls apart, some Russians want to undo a shady ship deal with China 25 years ago
Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov in Murmansk in May 2022.Semen Vasileyev/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Russia’s sole aircraft carrier has been sidelined for years and may not see action again.
A Russian lawmaker has proposed trying to buy China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier as a replacement.
Liaoning began life as a Soviet carrier, but China acquired it in a shady sale in the late 1990s.
Russia’s only aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, is in such a bad shape that it may be easier to buy a replacement than to fix it.
In a sign of how low Russia’s military has sunk, a…