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 and China are reportedly close to selecting a location for the CR929 program’s engineering center, an issue that has been delaying progress in development of the widebody airliner.
The selection of suppliers for the Russo-Chinese Craic CR929 widebody airliner has slipped beyond 2019, the program’s chief designer from the Russian side Maxim Litvinov told Aviation Daily at the MAKS Air Show taking place near Moscow this week.
