Which of the Following Was NOT a Disturbing Follow-Up to the Dissolution

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a disturbing follow-up to the dissolution of the Soviet Union?

• A) economic buccaneering by Russian and foreign entrepreneurs that often included organized crime
• B) the emergence of xenophobic nationalists in Russia.
• C) bitter ethnic conflicts on the margins of Russia,which persisted throughout the 1990s
• D) the near collapse of Russia's currency accompanied by severe economic hardship
• E) the fragmentation of the Warsaw Pact into competing factions

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