Apr 25, 2021, 09:58 AM facebook email The Admiral Kuznetsov in a floating dry dock at a shipyard in Murmansk, Russia, August 7, 2010. Lev FedoseyevTASS via Getty Images Russia's only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, has been plagued by breakdowns and mishaps. Despite those problems and broader changes to its navy, Russia is committed to the Admiral Kuznetsov's future. . Perhaps no aircraft carrier has been as mocked or as troubled as the Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia's only carrier and the sole ship of it class. Meant to usher in a new era for Soviet naval aviation, it was armed to the teeth and featured new fixed-wing aircraft. But it became clear almost immediately that the Admiral Kuznetsov would not live up to expectations.