Editing Mathias Rust (section)

=== 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>