The term siloviki refers to
a. the Soviet era personnel system that assured party control of the bureaucracy.
b. the merit-based civil service system introduced under Putin.
c. career bureaucrats in Russia.
d. government officials drawn from the security and intelligence services who were recruited to important political posts under Putin.
e. the bureaucracy of regional governments.
d
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