Percentage of WOMEN in Russian Duma?

Answer 1

The percentage of women in the Russian State Duma has been as follows:

Duma of the 1st convocation (1993) - 13% (59 women out of 444 deputies)
2nd convocation (1995) - 10% (46 out of 450)
3rd convocation (1999) - 8% (34 out of 450)
4rd convocation (2003) - 10% (44 out of 447)

For comparison: in 2003 women constituted 53% of the overall population.
The elections for the 5th Duma are to be held in 2007.

A good overview (including various statistics) of the Russian Duma in 1993-2005 can be found at: http://www.duma.gov.ru/100let/4_2_1.html

A couple of helpful articles about women in Russian politics (including statistics and comparisons with Soviet times):
http://www.auditorium.ru/aud/v/index.php?a=vconf&c=getForm&r=thesisDesc&CounterThesis=1&id_thesis=2273&PHPSESSID=d2b2e3db1b3997902e36c62f31c81b69
http://www.womnet.ru/prava/2000/nomer_10/womens_go_to.htm

ALL of the above sources are in Russian but you can get them translated with the help of http://translation.imtranslator.net/ or http://babelfish.altavista.com/

Hope that helps!