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 U.S. Department of Commerce reported on Dec. 21 that the Bureau of Industry and Security would add nearly 40 Russian companies to a new “Military End User” list limiting their access to U.S. technologies.
