But note they don’t define what type carriers. We know one can slap a flight deck on a Liberty Ship and have a “carrier”. If they are talking half a dozen full sized carriers they are playing games with the west yet again. If they are talking small ships comparable to the British and Italian ski-jump carriers, might be true.
Overall, I’d call this more bluff and fantasy.
The problem Russia has is that one of the reasons they have money now (other than oil) is because Moscow has become a tourist and financial center. There is a lot of money going through there. If they start up their cold war crap again, the tourists will be gone and the investors pull their money out.
Which means their entire economy would rest upon oil and natural gas. Talk about skating on thin ice...
They don’t have an economy capable of building even 2-3 of those, let alone 5-6.
Pure bluff and fantasy.