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 carrier S7 Airlines canceled all its flights to Europe after Poland and Czech Republic closed their airspace for Russian airlines starting midnight Feb. 26 in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.