He is currently assistant editor at OCCRP, and from 2015 to 2018 was an editor at oDR, openDemocracy’s section on the post-Soviet states. Max completed a degree in Russian, Central and Eastern European studies at universities in Glasgow and Budapest, and has also worked as a regional analyst on the de-facto states in the South Caucasus. His work has appeared in Al Jazeera, Al Monitor, EurasiaNet, the Forward, openDemocracy, Political Critique and Roads and Kingdoms, among other publications.