 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bout akashanda muSoviet Armed Forces, asi hapana ruzivo rwakakwana pamusoro pebasa rake remauto kunze kwekuti akapedza kudzidza paMilitary Institute of Foreign Languages. Kurovedzwa kwake kwakabvumira Bout kuva mutauro wemitauro yakawanda uye kudzidzira mitauro mitanhatu: chiRussia, chiPutukezi, chiRungu, chiFrench, chiArabic nechiPersia. Anonzi anotaura Esperanto zvakanaka, iyo yaakadzidza aine makore 12 mukutanga kwema1980 senhengo yekirabhu yeEsperanto yeDushanbe. Nzvimbo yepaIndaneti yaBout yakataura kuti akashanda muSoviet Army semuturikiri, aine chinzvimbo chemutevedzeri. Iye anofungidzirwa kuti akaburitswa muSoviet Army muna 1991 aine chinzvimbo chemutevedzeri wemukuru wemauto kuti atange bhizinesi rekutakura nendege, asi zvimwe zvinyorwa zvinotaura kuti aive mukuru muGRU, mukuru muSoviet Air Forces, kuti akapedza kudzidza kubva kuSoviet chirongwa chekudzidzisa chechiuto chechiuto, kana mushandi weKGB. Bout akabatanidzwa nebasa remauto eSoviet muAngola mukupera kwema1980 achibatsira MPLA muAngolan Civil War, achitaura kuti akanga ari muAngola kwamavhiki mashomanene bedzi. 