Mathias Rust Square was jokingly referred to by Muscovites as Sheremetyevo-3 (Sheremetyevo-1 and -2 being the two terminals at Moscow's main international airport). At the end of 1987, the police radio code used by law enforcement officers in Moscow was allegedly updated to include a code for an aircraft landing. Shortly after the incident, SubLogic, the original publishers of the "Flight Simulator" franchise, issued a scenery disk that expanded the original program's coverage area to include the Eastern Bloc. A challenge in the expansion pack was to land in Red Square as Rust had just done. Following the 20th anniversary of his
Mark Errin Rust the murders and a concurrent sentence of 12 years for the other offences. On September 22, 2014, Rust applied to the court to have a non-parole period imposed on his sentence, which would allow him to apply for parole and potentially be released from prison once the non-parole period had expired. Prison authorities opposed the request, stating that he was "aggressive and abusive" towards prison guards, although Rust denied the allegations. Rust's counsel claimed that his whole life term made his imprisonment "particularly difficult" for his mental health. , the application is ongoing. In addition to his custodial sentence, Rust