Russian cruiser readiness in late 2024

Why has Russia not deployed its Kirov- and Slava-class cruisers around the world as surface raiders?

Because it lacks enough ready ships and does not want deployments to broaden conflicts beyond political control.

The available fleet limited Russia's ability to sustain distant cruiser deployments in late 2024. Pyotr Velikiy was described as the only nominally active Kirov-class ship, with another still undergoing refit and not yet worked up. Moskva had been sunk, leaving two Slava-class cruisers theoretically on the active list, one in the Pacific and one with the Northern Fleet. Pyotr Velikiy's earlier worldwide cruises demonstrated that distant deployments fitted the doctrine, but suitable ships still had to be available. A further interpretation is that Moscow wanted to avoid broadening a war beyond what it believed it could control.