Why Russia is unlikely to buy Chinese destroyers

If Russia will not buy Chinese aircraft carriers, might it buy other ships such as the Type 052D destroyer?

Probably not; Russia is more likely to persist with domestic yards and its own nuclear-powered ambitions, even if rebuilding takes much longer.

The Type 052D suggestion runs against Russia's stated ambition to build nuclear-powered destroyers of its own. The forecast here is continued reliance on domestic construction, even if Chinese purchases appear attractive to the questioner. Northern yards are expected to produce what they can, with Baltic capacity developing more slowly. A return to Black Sea construction is conditional on a peacetime situation, so it remains a longer-term possibility in this assessment.