In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine (www.ato.ru). In the past he was in charge of several ATO sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for the Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.
Maxim has a degree on international relations from MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia, and for several years worked at the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Italian industrial holding company Leonardo has withdrawn from Russian joint venture Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC), which designs and manufactures the Sukhoi Superjet 100.
