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Domanania wrote:

it's russia. All of the stuff is made cheaply and can easily be replaced on paper to make everyone think that they have more than they do

Wellsia wrote:

That was the ruse for the Chinese to get their hands on them for study. One (Minsk) is now a theme park, the other (Kiev) is a luxury hotel.

was it even a ruse, they pretty openly bought some other ex soviet carriers for reconstruction and use separately from those two.
like there was no pretense of that not happening, I didn't think at least