Short answers, pulled from the story.
The Russian Navy was formally established by Peter the Great in October 1696. Its present iteration was formed in January 1992, succeeding the Navy of the Commonwealth of Independent States after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late December 1991.
The Moskva, flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, sank on the 14th of April 2022 after a fire broke out and forced the crew to evacuate. Ukraine reported striking the ship with Neptune anti-ship missiles, though the Russian military did not confirm this. The sinking is the most significant Russian naval loss in action since the Second World War.
As of early 2025, eight Borei-class ballistic missile submarines are in service. The first was accepted into service on the 10th of January 2013, and the second, Aleksandr Nevskiy, entered service on the 21st of December 2013. More vessels of the class are still under construction.
The Russian Navy comprises four fleets and one flotilla: the Northern Fleet, headquartered at Severomorsk; the Pacific Fleet, headquartered in Vladivostok; the Black Sea Fleet, based at Sevastopol; the Baltic Fleet, headquartered in Kaliningrad; and the Caspian Flotilla, based in Astrakhan. Each is subordinate to a different Military District.
Russia's only aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, has been inactive since 2017 and as of 2025 was reported as unlikely to return to operational service. Its crew of approximately 1,500 was reassigned to the Russian Army for combat duty in Ukraine, indicating no near-term plan to restore carrier operations.
The Russian Naval Infantry earned the nickname "The Black Death" from German forces during the Second World War for their black uniforms and fierce combat performance in the Black Sea and Baltic Sea regions. The marines trace their origins to a 1705 decree by Peter the Great and their motto is "Where We Are, There is Victory!"