Repairs suspended on Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov

Officials of the navy and state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation, which is responsible for the ongoing repair of Kuznetsov, are set to discuss whether to resume the necessary works on the carrier and return it to service.

Kutnetsov has been in service since 1991, when it was commissioned into the Soviet Navy. The carrier's only other sister, originally named Riga, was still incomplete when it was sold to China in 1998.

Ex-Riga was eventually completed in China and has been operating with the People's Liberation Army Navy since 2012 as Liaoning, making it the country's first aircraft carrier.