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The article discusses the formulation, contents, and revision of a paper entitled "The Concept of a Russian Model of Democracy," first written in 2008, detailing how the Russian Federation might move forward toward democratic liberalization and political modernization under the regime of President Dimitri Medvedev. The plan outlines steps leading from central economic planning to a market economy, from a totalitarian system to a proto-democracy, and from a multi-national ideological state to a multi-party, modern nation.

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This article presents a critical reply to the paper " Warum war Athen eine Demokratie? Ein spieltheoretisches Modell ," by Hanno Scholtz. The author writes that Scholtz's hypothesis on why Athens, Greece was formed as a democracy, when all the other city-states and countries were autocratically ruled. The author also further examines the model devised by Scholtz, using game theory, although he does provide some criticism on Scholtz's use of the term "democracy."