I got my private pilot's license in autumn 1986.

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Imprisonment hit me so hard - much harder than I had thought.

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I wanted to choose somewhere public, because I was scared of the KGB.

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My parents came to visit every two months and brought plenty of books.

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I don't have my pilot's licence anymore, but I'm still very political.

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I had thought about landing in the Kremlin, but there wasn't enough space.

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I moved away for three years and went to Trinidad where I met my wife, Athena.

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I ended up injuring her with a knife I had on me. I can't really remember what happened.

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I regret what happened. I saw no other possibility to achieve my goal. It was not hooliganism.

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I now work for a finance company in Luxembourg with projects in South America and the Caribbean.

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