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Yes. They have several fleets.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Fleet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Fleet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea_Fleet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Fleet_(Russia)
Under the relevant international agreements, Turkey may close the Turkish Straits during wartime, and chose to exercise that option. After Turkey closed the Turkish Straits, ships not based in the Black Sea were not allowed to traverse the Turkish Straits and enter the Black Sea.
So basically, the fighting has mostly been between the vessels of the Black Sea Fleet and Ukraine; the others cannot approach Ukraine and have been mostly uninvolved in the war.
The Black Sea Fleet has seen major losses.
The Baltic Fleet has seen limited involvement.
That being said, I would assume that to the extent that the Kremlin can, it has redirected resources away from the other fleets and to the conflict. I doubt that they have been well-resourced recently (even by Russian Navy standards, which has seen serious under-resourcing over time).