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.
Last week’s Russian Defense Ministry contract with Sukhoi for 20 Su-34 Fullback fighter-bombers is an interim step until development of a modernized variant is completed, an industry source tells Aerospace DAILY.
The Russian government plans to save United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) after the country’s only aircraft manufacturer almost doubled its net loss in 2019.
Russian airlines have managed to persuade the government not to include a limit on the number of passengers on commercial flights in new coronavirus-protection guidelines.
