 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yedambudziko rebhangi, apo Hellevig aifanira kufunga nezvenzira itsva yebasa rake, akaenda nomudzimai wake kuSoviet Union kunoshanyira hama dzake. Nokukurumidza pashure pokudzoka kwake, kuedza kweSoviet coup détat kwa1991kwakaitika. Pashure pokuona paterevhizheni Yeltsin achipa hurukuro yake yakakurumbira ari pamusoro petangi, Hellevig akaenda kuchitoro chemabhuku ndokutenga bhuku romutauro wokuRussia ravakanga vachangotanga. Hellevig akatanga kudzidza mutauro uye akatumirwa kuMoscow nekambani yekuvaka yeFinland Haka kuti abvunze mubhizimisi rayo rakabatana Sofinamtrans. Hellevig ndiye akanga ari wokumwe bedzi musangano uye akawana sumo yakakwana kuhurumende yeSoviet-style. Basa racho raisanganisira kutaurirana neEBRD uye rakazotora makore mashanu. 