Russian navy is a joke - always has been.
They know that finally a man in the WH means business. Russia cannot take on NATO.
Maybe they want to play a game of MAD though?
You read the Western propaganda Kool Aid too much. Current intel and some stories from defense institutes paint a MUCH DIFFERENT PICTURE.
Can we crush the Russians in any naval engagement? Of course we can, and the Russians know that. Why would you presuppose that their only counter-strikes would be ship or ground based missiles? Perhaps they would prefer to hack our power grid and frame some other group or country. The Russians may be outgunned but they aren’t stupid.