Maksim covers aerospace developments in Central Asia for Aviation Week. He has worked for Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine and was in charge of several ATO sister aerospace publications after working for the Moscow-based CAST defense think tank.
Maksim has a degree in international relations from MGIMO University, Moscow.
Russia’s plans to start launching heavy-lift Angara rockets from the new Vostocnhy commercial spaceport in 2023 is at risk due to launchpad construction delays.