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 says it is ready to discuss the future of the International Space Station (ISS) despite earlier threats to withdraw from the program after 2024.
Russia’s Irkut Corporation has scheduled the initial deliveries of its new MC-21 narrowbody passenger airliner, the first six of which will go to Rossiya Airlines in 2022.
