市场消息：俄罗斯总统普京通过线上方式参加俄罗斯议会选举投票。

On Sept 18 local time the Malaysia Pardons Department said former prime minister Najib Razak will be allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest until August 2028. Najib, who led Malaysia from 2009–2018 and helped establish 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), was convicted in July 2020 by the Kuala Lumpur High Court on seven counts including misappropriation and money laundering in the SRC International case, and was sentenced to 12 years’ prison and fined RM210 million.

Voting for Russia's 9th State Duma (lower house) began on Sept. 18 at 08:00 local time in Kamchatka Krai and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. It is the first nationwide parliamentary election since Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine in 2022.