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8. Admiral Kuznetsov is a "Cruiser"

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_aircraft_carrier_Admiral_Kuznetsov

The term used by her builders to describe the Russian ships is tyazholyy avianesushchiy raketnyy kreyser (TAVKR or TARKR) - “heavy aircraft-carrying missile cruiser”

Please note by the treaty of Montreux, any country that borders the Black Sea may send its "Capital Ships" through the Dardanelles and the Bosporus, but the term "Capital Ships" as defined in that treaty excludes any ships which is designed "primarily for carrying and operating aircraft" as opposed to a ship that can "merely are able to operate aircraft". Thus any Russian Ship going through the Dardanelles and the Bosporus must be a Cruiser, if over 15,000 tons and thus the Admiral Kuznetsov is a Cruiser.

The same treaty limits any non-Black Sea Nation from sending through any ship larger then 15,000 tons, thus no non-Russian Carrier can operate in the Straits or the Black Sea.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreux_Convention_Regarding_the_Regime_of_the_Turkish_Straits