So far, no one seems to have noticed the rather nasty catch in the widely quoted decision of the SPS Political Council. *5. To convene an Extraordinary Party Congress on November 15 in Moscow. 5.1. To approve the following draft agenda for the Congress: On the fate of the Party. **5.2. To set the representation quota for regional branches at one delegate from each regional branch. *5.3. To establish that delegates to the Party Congress shall be Party members who are deputies of the legislative (representative) bodies of state power in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. 5.4. Party regional branches are to hold meetings (conferences) to nominate delegates to the Party Congress by November 10, 2008. One person from each region. Plus all current members of regional legislatures. So for those who, like Maria Gaidar, have decided to challenge Gozman & Co. at the congress, it’s going to be very, very difficult. They simply won’t be allowed to become delegates. Crooks, in short.