There have been two Russian aircraft carriers laid down as "Riga"
*"Riga" an "Admiral Kuznetsov" class aircraft carrier laid down in 1981, renamed "Leonid Brezhnev" in 1982 and again as "Admiral Kuznetsov" in 1990
*"Riga" also an "Admiral Kuznetsov" class aircraft carrier laid down in 1985 and launched in 1988 renamed "Varyag" in 1990 but never completed and later sold to China.
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