Russian military plans to reduce funds that are supposed to be allocated for the repair and modernization of the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, an anonymous source told Interfax on Saturday. “Instead of previously planned approximately 50 billion rubles for the work, it is planned to allocate about half of the previously announced amount,” he said. According to him, the reduction in the volume of financing will primarily affect modernization issues.

The modernization of “Admiral Kuznetsov” primarily will be associated with the replacement of boilers of the main power plant and will include upgrades for radar and radio-electronic weapons, as well as an air navigation suit.