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.
Il-112 manufacturer United Aircraft Corporation has announced the suspension of flight trials of the Ilyushin Il-114 prototype after the crash of an Il-112 which has similar engines.
Russia’s Roscosmos and Tunisian telecommunication company Telnet Holding signed a memorandum of understanding on Aug. 13 in Moscow calling for the preparation of Tunisia’s first person to travel into space, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said.
