Story out of Mediterranean:
The pilot ejected safely from the plane, the ministry said.
The Admiral Kuznetsov is part of a group of Russian warships recently deployed near the Syrian coast.
Nato had expressed concern planes from the carrier would be used to attack civilians in the Syrian city of Aleppo.
The defence ministry said the crash was as a result of "technical malfunction" during a training flight.
The jet came down a few kilometres from the carrier and the pilot was picked up by a rescue team.
The aircraft appeared to have mechanical difficulties shortly after take-off, the Washington Post reported, pointing out that MiG-29Ks were added to the Kuznetsov's carrier wing during the summer.
The aircraft are specifically designed to handle the difficulties of operating from an aircraft carrier at sea, the paper reported, and are believed to be updated versions of MiG-29s, which have been in service since the 1980s. Cont.
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