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.
An uncrewed Russian Progress MS-16 resupply ship successfully docked with the International Space Station Feb. 17 at 1:27 a.m. EST, delivering 2.5 tons of various supplies.
A manufacturing defect is being cited as the reason for a November 2020 uncontained engine failure incident involving a Volga-Dnepr An-124 super heavy cargo aircraft, according to the head of Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency.
