"I didn't consider possible service in the KGB as a way to protect someone. I probably understood that once I got into that system, I wouldn't be able to do it. And I'm not a strong enough person to go into a situation like that where I'm losing in advance. "Why not" was more about the fact that, yes, in the KGB system, like in every special service, there were areas not related to the fight against dissent. For example, intelligence. And I was thinking more about that. But it's good that doubts prevailed."