After the Fall of the Soviet Union, Russia Was Plagued

question 82

Multiple Choice

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia was plagued by all of these problems EXCEPT

• A)a renewed Communist Party majority which took over the government.
• B)organized crime.
• C)an uprising in largely Muslim Chechnya.
• D)economic hardships.
• E)a president who was often ill.

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