Why Russian warship maintenance repeatedly suffers

Why has Russia so often treated or maintained its warships badly?

Money, doctrine, corruption, dispersed fleets, and inadequate ports all matter, but the central problem is poorly located infrastructure that Russia often cannot afford to expand.

Money, doctrine, corruption, and competition with the army all contribute to poor Russian ship condition. The central explanation is infrastructure spread across fleets in widely separated theaters. Facilities that look adequate on paper may be badly located or fail to place related repair capabilities together. Limited funding then prevents the state from expanding and connecting those facilities, turning geography and institutional weakness into recurring readiness problems.