MOSCOW, July 24 (RIA Novosti) - Very soon the Admiral Kuznetsov air-capable cruiser will begin performing cruise missions after emergence from preventive maintenance, the headquarters of the Northern Fleet told RIA Novosti over the telephone on Saturday.
"Supposedly, on August 6 the Admiral Kuznetsov will be released from repair. Its equipment and armaments are in a perfect state and, after some preparations, the cruiser will be able to perform missions set to it," the headquarters said.
Carrier-based aircraft will begin their training sessions soon.
The emergence from scheduled repair coincides with the 100th birth anniversary of Admiral Kuznetsov.
The flagship of the Northern Fleet, the Pyotr Veliky, heavy nuclear guided-missile cruiser, also fresh from repair, is already carrying our missions so as to be in what is called "first-line" readiness in the second half of August.
