Comment by monocasa

I think the Moskva is also built for a naval doctrine that doesn't make sense for Russia anymore. Just about any ordance will take out a missile cruiser like that because the cruise missiles in the launch tubes will detonate and finish your work for you. Missile cruisers being the back bone of your fleet only make sense when you can trade ship for ship and win out on industrial capacity to build ships. That doesn't really apply to Russia, but the USSR could have convinced itself in the 70s that it applied to them.