RUSSIA MAY FREE `SPY' ED POPE EXPECTED TO BE SENT HOME ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS REGION Edition

Cheri Pope, on her fifth straight day in Moscow to support her husband, heard the news while in the city court house, trying, unsuccessfully, to get permission to visit Pope in prison. Jennifer Bennett, spokeswoman for Rep. John Peterson, R-Venango, who is in Moscow lobbying on Pope's behalf, r...

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Published inPittsburgh post-gazette (Pittsburgh, Pa. 1978)
Main Author SAM GREENE, SPECIAL TO THE POST-GAZETTE
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pittsburgh, Pa Pittsburgh Post - Gazette 09.12.2000
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Peterson, John
Putin, Vladimir
MOSCOW
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Summary:Cheri Pope, on her fifth straight day in Moscow to support her husband, heard the news while in the city court house, trying, unsuccessfully, to get permission to visit Pope in prison. Jennifer Bennett, spokeswoman for Rep. John Peterson, R-Venango, who is in Moscow lobbying on Pope's behalf, relayed the information to Cheri Pope after journalists started calling her mobile phone seeking reaction. Meanwhile, Cheri Pope, along with Peterson and two members of his staff, will remain in Moscow until Pope is released, assuming [Vladimir Putin] goes along with the commission's advice. If Putin does not grant a pardon and if the deadline for appeal runs out -- probably on Dec. 18, depending on when Pope receives an official translation of the verdict -- Pope will be sent to a prison camp to begin 20 years of labor, which his wife believes he would not survive.
ISSN:1068-624X