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Russians never got that much interest in carriers so no, until the Kuzt, came arround tehy onlly had mixed carriers, half cruiser half carrier with a very poor aircraft on board, the YAk 38, that wa snowhere comparable to the Harrier, and later teh Yak 141 was a total fiasco...

After all they can reach anywhere they want from their land bases from any of the Warsaw Pact bases. They never needed Carriers to excersise air power projection.