Gorshkov would condemn the modern Russian Navy's decline

What would Gorshkov do if he could see the Russian Navy today?

He would lament how far it had fallen and hold the officials responsible for failures such as the loss of Moskva to account.

The deliberately sharp answer follows from the earlier portrait of Gorshkov's leadership. He expected ships, factories, and commanders to meet declared standards and used his inspectorate role to test whether production claims were real. The modern fleet's material and operational failures would therefore offend both his strategic ambition and his accountability practices. The loss of Moskva is the clearest example of the institutional decline he would confront.