Editing Mathias Rust (section)

==Later life==
On 24 November 1989, while doing his obligatory community service (''[[Zivildienst]]'') as an orderly in a West German hospital, Rust stabbed a female co-worker who had "apparently rejected him".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-05-08 |title=Bekenntnisse des Kremlfliegers |url=https://www.stern.de/panorama/mathias-rust---25-jahre-danach-bekenntnisse-des-kremlfliegers-3847544.html |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=stern.de |language=de}}</ref>  He was sentenced to two and a half years in prison, but was released after 15 months.<ref name = "wz"/> Since then, he has lived a fragmented life, describing himself as a "bit of an oddball".<ref name="guardianmay14" /> After being released from court, he [[List of converts to Hinduism|converted to Hinduism]] in 1996 to become engaged to a daughter of an [[India]]n tea [[merchant]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Connolly |first=Kate |date=21 April 2001 |title=German daredevil grounded by court |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/apr/21/kateconnolly |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |access-date=17 March 2014}}</ref> In 2001, he was convicted of stealing a [[cashmere wool|cashmere]] pullover and ordered to pay a fine of 10,000&nbsp;DM, which was later reduced to 600&nbsp;DM.<ref name=FAZ>{{cite news |last=Locke |first=Stefan |date=12 May 2012 |title=Der lange Irrflug der Friedenstaube |trans-title=The long erratic flight of the peace dove |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/kreml-flieger-mathias-rust-der-lange-irrflug-der-friedenstaube-11749475.html |language=de |newspaper=[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]] |location=Frankfurt |access-date=17 March 2014}}</ref><ref name = "wz"/> Another legal incident occurred during 2005, when he was convicted of fraud and had to pay a €1,500 fine.<ref name="wz">{{cite news |last1=Krüger |first1=Ralf E. |last2=Grages |first2=Anna |date=25 May 2007 |title=Moskau-Flug: Der Kremlflieger pokert hoch |trans-title=The Kremlin Flyer raises the stakes |url=http://www.wz-newsline.de/home/gesellschaft/leute/moskau-flug-der-kremlflieger-pokert-hoch-1.465404 |language=de |newspaper=Westdeutsche Zeitung|access-date=17 March 2014}}</ref>  In 2009, Rust described himself as a professional [[poker]] player.<ref name="spiegel">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=6 June 2009 |title=Kreml-Flieger Rust: "750.000 Euro beim Pokern gewonnen" |trans-title=Kremlin Flyer Rust: "I won 750,000 Euros playing poker" |url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/leute/kreml-flieger-rust-750-000-euro-beim-pokern-gewonnen-a-628964.html |language=de |newspaper=[[Spiegel Online]] |access-date=6 June 2009}}</ref> Most recently, in 2012, he described himself as an [[Financial analyst|analyst]] for a [[Zürich]]-based [[investment bank]], dividing his time between Hamburg, Switzerland and Asia, and is training to be a yoga teacher. He said he had plans to open a yoga school in Hamburg.<ref name="guardianmay14">{{cite news |last=Connolly |first=Kate |date=14 May 2012 |title=German who flew to Red Square during cold war admits it was irresponsible |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/14/german-red-square-cold-war |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=[[London]] |access-date=14 May 2012}}</ref>

=== Peace activism ===
In October 2015, ''[[The Hindu]]'' published an interview with Rust to commemorate the 25th anniversary of German reunification. Rust opined that [[Government failure|institutional failures]] in Western countries to preserve moral standards and democratic ideals were creating mistrust between peoples and governments. Referring to the genesis of a [[Cold War II|New Cold War]] between Russia and the Western powers, Rust suggested that India should be cautious and avoid entanglement: "India will be better served if it follows a policy of neutrality while interacting with EU member countries as the big European powers at present are following the foreign policy of the U.S. unquestioningly". He claimed: "Governments have been dominated by the corporate entities and citizens have ceased to matter in public policy".<ref>{{cite news|title=Cold War is back: German peace activist|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/cold-war-is-back-peace-activist/article7720749.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=4 October 2015}}</ref>