Pyotr Patrushev
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Pyotr Patrushev is the only escapee to survive a swim from Russia to Turkey across the Black Sea border in 1962. A competitive swimmer in Russia, he became a broadcaster, journalist, conference interpreter and translator in the West, working for the BBC in London and later for the Radio Liberty in Munich and San Francisco, as well as writing for Australian newspapers, radio and television. He has worked as a Senior Consultant, CIS and Eastern Europe for Conflict Resolution Network. He now lives near Sydney, Australia, with his wife and son. He is the author of "Sentenced to Death", a memoir published by the Neva Publishing House, St. Petersburg, 2005 (in Russian), and "Project Nirvana: How the Cold War Was Won", Booksurge Publishing, 2005. As a top level Russian translator and interpreter he is a member of International Association of Conference Interpreters AIIC and NAATI.
