But other critics of the convention have denounced as undemocratic the fact that a 12-member presidium, and not the 105 convention delegates, will decide what reform options and issues will be put up for discussion.

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But insiders now actually refer to "bracketology, " the study of brackets, rather like we used to have "Kremlinology, " when experts would study where the members of the Soviet presidium were located on the reviewing stand at the May Day parade.

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The government of the Russian republic called the action "a gross violation of human rights and state sovereignty" which risks further destabilizing the nation , according to a statement issued by the RSFSR Council of Ministers Presidium on 30 January.

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