The policy of “shock therapy” followed by Russian president Yeltsin consisted of
a. Reeducating people in democracy, not Communism
b. Quickly switching the economy from a planned to capitalist one
c. Rapidly downsizing the huge military
d. Allowing all the Russian Orthodox churches to reopen at once
e. All of the above
Ans: b
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