Word: robertses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Roberts told CNN he decided to return and give himself up because of Ms. Neumann's pregnancy.
"I've got this child coming with Petra and I really don't feel like I should go around for the rest of my life having a charge ... from the United States hanging over my head," Roberts said. "It's not a very pleasant prospect to look forward to."
The official Soviet news agency Tass quoted Roberts as saying there were no political motives behind his decision.
"Our marriage is not registered, and she's pregnant," Tass quoted Roberts as saying. "Besides, her husband is in West Germany, and in Ashkrabad, there were difficulties with registering the birth of our child."
Roberts and Ms. Neumann were living in Ashkrabad, capital of the Central Asian republic of Turkmenia, before their return to Moscow several weeks ago.