In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine (www.ato.ru). In the past he was in charge of several ATO sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for the Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.
Maxim has a degree on international relations from MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia, and for several years worked at the Russian Foreign Ministry.
In 2013, Russia again plans to increase its defense expenditures. The growth of the defense budget will continue in 2014 and 2015, with the aim of completing the massive rearmament of the forces started a few years ago.
MOSCOW — The revenue of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation in 2012 is expected to reach 180 billion rubles (about $5.8 billion), the corporation’s CEO Mikhail Pogosyan said Dec. 20. By the end of the year UAC will have delivered 20 commercial aircraft and 35 military aircraft for the Russian Defense Ministry. For the first time in UAC history, deliveries to the Russian military will outnumber exported combat aircraft, Pogosyan said.
