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.
Russian airlines are banned from making charter flights to Turkey, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Nov. 28, also citing other anti-Turkey measures. These sanctions were imposed after a Turkish air force F-16 downed a Russian Sukhoi Su-24M bomber near the Syria-Turkey border. The charter ban can seriously affect Russian carriers, as Turkey has been the most-popular foreign-leisure destination for Russian citizens. The ban can also affect business-aviation flights between the countries. Sanctions also include a ban on selling travel packages to Turkey.
