Sputnik news is way more credible, they keep up to date with russian military news, and sending it to an exercise in the arctic makes way more sense... Maybe we should have a chat with whoever is on charge here about the accuracy of the news they repost on the home page.
On another note, jane360 just released news that the Kuznetsov is out of dry dock and doing after-maintenance sea trails. watch the news gents, the Russians love sending her to the med.
Also I found another great site while searching the news, there is a Turkish website where they post information about all ships that pass through the Bosporus. And since about August 20, it seems like all the landing ships in the Black Sea fleet, along with a few landing ships and 3 tugs from the Baltic fleet have been making back and forth passes. A few of them they even posted photos showing deck loaded cargo, including Gaz-66, Kazaz transport trucks, and tarped vehicles whose general outline seems to suggest BTR-82