Name: Maxim Basuda Date of birth: May 14 - (Age 38)
Place of birth: Kovrov, Russia
Background
Born and raised in Kovrov, Basuda is the eldest of three sons to parents who were factory workers. Hoping to escape a grueling life in the factory, he enlisted with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and was sent to Naryan Mar, a small sea and river port town on the Barents Sea. Basuda became an avid hunter and trapper during his time in the Arctic Circle, before being transferred to Beslan in 2002.