While in office, Vladimir Putin

a. reduced the size of Russia's bureaucracy by privatizing several government functions.
b. increased the size of Russia's bureaucracy as he used positions in the bureaucracy to reward those who displayed political loyalty.
c. reduced the size of the civilian bureaucracy by having some government functions turned over to the military.
d. reduced the size of the bureaucracy by purging it of political opponents.
e. kept the bureaucracy about the same size, although his reforms did allow the government to take on more responsibility with roughly the same number of employees.


B

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