Are these writers serious? Kutznetsov has steam turbines not diesels. 1 BC, 1 CV, 2 ASW DDs heading to landlocked eastern Med and they are going to “control the Atlantic”? So they sailed through the channel. Perfectly legal and this is why the USN sails through the South China Sea. Freedom of navigation. Peter the Great is the flagship of the northern fleet, or at least was when I bought the kit, and is the only Kirov on service I believe. Mean bastard if everything works.
Armed guards and HMGs. No different than other countries when sailing in tight areas and possibly hostile areas.
I wonder I the writers had to change underwear after writing this? Cool pictures.