1.   Anatoly Pristavkin, the head of the pardons commission, expressed hope late Thursday that Pope would be let go.

2.   Brdar turned out to be the former driver for Josip Boljkovac, a former interior minister and a member of the pardon commission.

3.   On Saturday, Putin also cited the recommendation of the pardons commission, and said he could only agree with the opinion of such a respected body.

4.   Pardoning the women was recommended by Anatoly Pristavkin, the former head of a presidential pardons commission.

5.   Putin also cited the recommendation of the Russian presidential pardons commission, and said he could only agree with the opinion of such a respected body.

6.   She said she was not sure whether her husband even knew that the pardons commission had recommended release.

7.   The amnesty was recommended to Putin by Anatoly Pristavkin, the former head of a presidential pardons commission that Putin dissolved last year.

8.   The pardons commission on Friday recommended that Pope be sent home.

9.   Justice Minister Hermoza Moya, a member of the pardon commission, assured reporters Thursday that the ad hoc panel would keep working despite the standoff.