Tightly controlled Russian vote underway

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Russians are heading to the polls for the third and final day of tightly controlled parliamentary elections, which are set to strengthen the Kremlin's grip on power. We'll hear from residents in Moscow and from a former Russian prime minister. Also on the programme: we speak to a Trump-supporting Greenlander about the deal which President Trump says gives the US security control over Greenland "forever"; and to the Danish director who won at the Venice Film Festival. Presenter Julian Worricker discusses these stories and more with panellists Luke Harding, British author and The Guardian's senior international correspondent, and Sasha Dovzhyk, Ukrainian author and founder of Index, a research organisation documenting people's experiences of war in Ukraine. (Photo: Russian voters take part in voting at a polling station during elections to Russia's ninth State Duma, the lower house of parliament, in Podolsk, outside Moscow on September 19, 2026. Credit: EPA/Shutterstock)