The Russian navy declared that the submarine will be improved in comparison to Severodvinsk, the first of the Yasen / Graney class.

[2] Compared to the first-of-class, Kazan is some 40 feet (12 m) shorter than Severodvinsk, resulting from the deletion of a sonar array from the former's bow.

[13] In October 2019, President of the United Shipbuilding Corporation Alexei Rakhmanov, stated that Kazan's deployment would be delayed until the end of 2020 due to technical issues with its complex control systems.

[19] It made port in Havana Harbor on June 12 as part of group of four ships including the frigate Admiral Gorshkov.

The frigate has been reported to be enroute to the Mediterranean to be the command vessel of the operational group of the Russian Navy there.