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.
The Russian defense ministry has confirmed that the naval version of the Ka-52 coaxial attack helicopter has begun factory trials, despite uncertainty with delivery of the French-made Mistral-class landing docks on which the aircraft initially was to be based.
