German pilot Mathias Rust trial in Soviet Union, 1987

Moscow, Soviet Union. Advocate V. Yakovlev defends West German amateur pilot Mathias Rust (not pictured) in court. Rust was accused of breaching the Soviet border and hooliganism after illegally landing near Red Square on his Reims Cessna F172P civil single-engine aircraft on May 28, 1987. Nikolai Malyshev/TASS

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Advocate Amateur Breaching Cessna Defends F172p Hooliganism Illegally Malyshev Mathias Reims Rust Single-engine Yakovlev

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