Chronicle: the last 31 days

Nizhny Novgorod-based Novacard has won approval to construct a research center on the Chernigov Embankment.

Operation "Illegal-2026" was conducted in Dzerzhinsk and the Sergach district of Nizhny Novgorod Region.

Eight of fifteen support pillars for the cable car crossing the Oka River in Nizhny Novgorod have been installed.

The navigation season for the Valdayev has been extended on the Nizhny Novgorod–Bor route through October 23, 2026.

Rails have begun arriving in Nizhny Novgorod for the metro extension to Ploshchad Svobody and Sennaya stations.

The Ministry of Transport of Nizhny Novgorod Region has developed a draft methodology for calculating parking fees.

Nizhny Novgorod Mayor Yury Shalabaev has appointed new heads of the Avtozavodsky, Leninsky, and Kstovsky districts.

An armed extortion gang that had targeted Nizhny Novgorod businessmen has been arrested.

The prosecution has requested a five-year prison sentence for Ilya Khalturin, former head of JSC Teploenergo.

Traffic cameras on Kanavinsky Bridge in Nizhny Novgorod have begun recording new types of traffic violations.

Amendments to the Nizhny Novgorod General Plan to eliminate the acidic tar pond on Moskovskoe Highway have been submitted for public review.

The Balakhna court ordered former district head Alexander Glushkov and his associates to pay 162 million rubles in damages.

Mikhail Glyavin appointed acting director of the Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Residents of Nizhny Novgorod have approved the inclusion of buildings along Chkalov Street in the city's urban renewal project.

The Russian Government has allocated approximately 1 billion rubles to Nizhny Novgorod Region for the purchase of 38 trolleybuses.

The opening of the regional rally of search units "No One Is Forgotten" in Nizhny Novgorod

Mayor Yury Shalabaev of Nizhny Novgorod announced plans to reduce the city administration's staff by 10–15 percent and consolidate municipal departments.

Moscow's Karat plant acquired the Pavlovsky dairy factory.

Construction begins on year-round sports and wellness complex with ski lodge at Avtozavod.

Viktor Sdobnyakov reelected rector of Minin University for a new term

Sarov authorities have decided to trap bears and remove them from the city, using lethal methods if necessary.

Nizhny Novgorod District Court has sentenced Konovalov and Ponomaryev in a case involving embezzlement of budget funds from the "Novy Gorodovoy" project.

The sports club "Gorod Gorkiy" opened in the former Dynamo swimming pool building in Nizhny Novgorod.

The Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court upheld the sentence against former city manager Oleg Kondrashov.

Nizhny Novgorod Region topped Russia's social protection rankings in the 2025 ASI assessment.

The Regional Directorate of the Federal Bailiff Service has decided to relocate to the former Garantiya Bank building.

Four dilapidated houses have been demolished under the KRT program in Sarov.

Nizhny Novgorod named Russia's family capital for 2027.

The Development Territory Fund approved a subsidy for Nizhny Novgorod Region to relocate residents from emergency housing.

Nizhny Novgorod Region topped the awards count at the "Golden Autumn 2026" agricultural exhibition.

The EU added PAO GAZ to its sanctions list (22nd sanctions package).

Professor Sergei Kapterev of Nizhny Novgorod State University has died.

Scientists at Nizhny Novgorod State University have developed transparent calcium fluorapatite ceramics for medical implants.

Russia's Supreme Court overturned a ruling by a Nizhny Novgorod district court that had stripped driving privileges from Alexander Kotkov, a Nizhny Novgorod resident.

The 100th anniversary of the birth of actor Yevgeny Evstigneev

A patient with 65% of his body affected by burns has been discharged from the burn center at Privolzhsky Medical University after an explosion at a gas facility in Bryansk Region.

A bust of writer Kavi Najmi was unveiled in Urazovka, Krasnooctabrsky District.

The Main State Expert Review approved a hotel project for the IT campus "Neymark" in Nizhny Novgorod.

Residents of Nizhny Novgorod have raised approximately 755,000 rubles for the family of a Bars-NN fighter who was killed while repelling a drone attack.

A member of the Bars-NN unit was killed while repelling a drone attack in Nizhny Novgorod region.

Nizhny Novgorod physicist Vladimir Kocharovsky awarded Russian Academy of Sciences Ginzburg Gold Medal

Sberbank has appealed against the court's refusal to seize land belonging to the Vektor concrete plant owned by the Stockman family.

The principal of School No. 14 in Arzamas, Oleg Filchenkov, has died.

Krasnoe Sormovo shipyard delivered its fourth RSD59 general cargo vessel to the customer in October 2026.

Chkalov Airport received 23 flights redirected from Moscow airports due to flight restrictions over Moscow following a drone attack on October 9, 2026.

Nizhny Novgorod Region showcased its stand at the "Golden Autumn 2026" agricultural exhibition in Moscow

Biometric boarding system to be launched at Chkalov Airport in 2026, officials announced.

Governor Gleb Nikitin and Russian Railways CEO Oleg Belozerov held a working meeting on the Moscow–Nizhny Novgorod high-speed rail project.

An agreement was signed to build a poultry facility for the Russkoye Pole agribusiness group in Ababkovo village, Pavlovsky District.

MTS launches 5G network in seven districts of Nizhny Novgorod.

HC Torpedo lost to Severstal 2-3 at home.

A contract has been signed for the delivery of 60 Belarusian trolleybuses to Nizhny Novgorod Region by 2028.

The city memorial committee has recommended preparing a design for a monument to Margarita Nazarova near the Nizhny Novgorod circus.

Restoration of the Burmistrov House (Literary Museum) in Nizhny Novgorod is 90% complete.

Nizhny Novgorod Region received 25 PAZ Vector NEXT buses under the national project "Infrastructure for Life".

Navigation completion dates announced for Meteor and Valdai vessels in Nizhny Novgorod Region

Mingrad of Nizhny Novgorod Region has issued a new permit for preparing documentation on territorial planning of the Nizhny-Expo congress center.

Demolition of 339 structures in Sormovskiy District to make way for metro construction.

Russia's national football team played a friendly match against Nigeria at Volga Arena in Nizhny Novgorod.

MTS launched high-precision positioning infrastructure for Yandex autonomous vehicles on the Nizhny Novgorod section of the M-12 highway.

Chkalov Airport in Nizhny Novgorod handled 14 flights diverted from Moscow airports.

The Arbitration Court of Nizhny Novgorod Region declared Dmitry Arzhanov bankrupt.

Mask regime introduced in medical facilities across Nizhny Novgorod Region.

The Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court upheld the acquittal of coach Nikolai Kukushkin.

Former Dean of the Radiophysics Faculty at Nizhny State University Nikolai Milovsky has died.

Alexey Ushakov has been appointed to the Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.

Arzamas became the first city in Russia to fully update federal construction standards for a historic settlement.

A draft master plan for a new residential quarter on Novikov-Priboy Street in the Lenin District has been put up for public discussion.

Former Tourism Minister of Nizhny Novgorod Region Sergey Yakovlev arrested on petty hooliganism charges.

Tourism Minister of Nizhny Novgorod Region Sergey Yakovlev apologized to FC Nizhny Novgorod players following a video scandal.

Nizhny Novgorod's water polo club Burevestnik won the women's Russian Super Cup for the first time.

The 10th building of Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin is scheduled for completion in April 2027.

The tanker Konstantinovsk and a tugboat with a barge ran aground on the Volga near the Godetsk hydroelectric dam.

Construction of the bypass route for Gagarin Avenue in Nizhny Novgorod is 62% complete.

Ambulance services in Kstovo and Balakhna have been merged with Nizhny Novgorod's Emergency Medical Station.

Authorities in Shakhunya have warned residents about bears spotted within city limits.

Children's Infectious Disease Hospital No. 8 to be merged with Infectious Clinical Hospital No. 23 in Nizhny Novgorod.

Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod footballer Artem Mamaev underwent surgery for a ruptured knee ligament.

Three members of an extremist group in Nizhny Novgorod have been sentenced.

The Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court has begun hearing appeals against the verdict rendered to Oleg Kondrashov.

Nizhny Novgorod geneticist Denis Chernevsky has died.

Svetlana Sokolova, a teacher from Arzamas, won the all-Russian competition "First Teacher.

Nizhny Novgorod journalist Georgy Rabkov has died.

Anton Bykov has been appointed acting head of Balakhna District Municipal Administration.

Russian Railways has launched preliminary engineering assessment of the Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod high-speed rail project.

The Nizhny Novgorod Region's Sports Ministry has filed suit against a concessionaire over the halted construction of a sports complex on Korablyestroiteley Prospect in Sormovo.

Five children's cultural and educational centers are to be established across Nizhny Novgorod Oblast under the national "Family" project.

Alexei Simonov has been appointed minister of internal regional and municipal policy of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.

Rules for discounted railway passes for schoolchildren and students have been changed in Nizhny Novgorod Region.

LUKOIL-Centrnefteprodukt announced the normalization of fuel supplies to gas stations across Nizhny Novgorod Region.

The Nizhny Novgorod Regional Assembly granted Olga Shchetinina the authority of senator, while Yevgeny Lyulin was reelected as chairman.

The redevelopment project for the former Varya oil and fat processing plant in Nizhny Novgorod has been approved.

Turnstile modernization completed at Moskovskaya and Zarachnaya metro stations.

A Hematology and Chemotherapy Center has opened at Semashko Regional Clinical Hospital.

The Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Region held its inaugural session of the eighth convocation, with Lyulin re-elected as chairman and the ecology committee abolished.

Gleb Nikitin renounced his mandate as a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the ninth convocation.

World War II veteran Aleksandr Savelyev celebrated his 100th birthday

Road repairs completed on 14-kilometer stretch connecting Uzhovka, Rizovotovo, and Madayevo in Pocinkovskiy District.

Installation has begun on a monument to Dmitry Zamyatin on Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street in Nizhny Novgorod.

Three rural settlements in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast have been connected to mobile networks and internet.

Torpedo lost 0-3 to Salavat Yulaev in a KHL home game.

The chairman of Russia's Investigative Committee Bastrykin has taken personal control of the criminal case into the deaths of maintenance workers in a collector on Bor.

Teleproducer Yuri Bespalov dies

State expertise has approved the restoration project for the East Wing of the Red Barracks in Nizhny Novgorod.

Nizhny Novgorod boxer Sergey Koldenkov won the European boxing championship in Sofia.

The 100th athletics relay race in honor of the Nizhegorodskaya Pravda newspaper took place.

The body of Pavel Marusov's climbing partner has been found on Mount Dykhtau in the North Caucasus, but Marusov himself remains missing.

Search for Nizhny Novgorod alpinist Pavel Marusov suspended on Mount Dykhtau

Nizhny Novgorod Governor Gleb Nikitin signed a decree banning the publication of materials about the consequences of drone attacks.

AutoVAZ has announced the start of serial production of LADA Azimut on September 25, 2026.

An updated Stupin Square has opened in Arzamas.

The Second International Biennial of Environmental Art announced in Nizhny Novgorod

United Russia's regional branch nominated Lyulin for the post of speaker of the regional legislature and Shchetinin for the position of senator.

Yuri Bortnikov, the former head of the Nizhny Novgorod regional government's administrative office who was acquitted, declined compensation and left Nizhny Novgorod.

Criminal case involving bribery during construction of the Gagarin Prospekt bypass has been sent to court.

The Prosecutor's Office of Nizhny Novgorod issued a warning to the contractor performing major repairs at School No. 123.

The Prosecutor's Office of Nizhny Novgorod Region has filed a lawsuit seeking to recover 31.7 million rubles from the House of People's Unity over fraudulent contracts.

The appeals hearing on the acquittal verdict for coach Nikolai Kukushkin has been postponed.

Torpedo defeats Sochi 3-0 at home in KHL match.

Evgeny Kostin has resigned as a deputy and first vice chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod City Duma following his election to the Russian State Duma.

A mountaineer and doctor from Nizhny Novgorod was found dead on Mount Dykhtau in Kabardino-Balkaria.

Oleg Khudyakov has been appointed chief conductor of the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Nizhny Novgorod Philharmonic.

Nizhny Novgorod City Duma has approved amendments to the 2026 budget, bringing it to a record 96.8 billion rubles.

Construction has begun on a dairy and cattle farm operated by the Iskra agricultural company in the village of Aleshkovo in Bogorodsky District.

Nizhny Novgorod neurosurgeons have begun performing decompression surgery on vertebral arteries for Kimmerle anomaly for the first time.

The cable car operator announced a complete replacement of the load-bearing cable on the Nizhny Novgorod-Bor ropeway, with the facility expected to reopen no earlier than spring 2027.

The All-Russia Judges Conference recommended Elena Endovitskaya for the position of chair of the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court.

Nizhny Novgorod native Elena Ilyicheva has been awarded the title of Mother Heroine.

Three employees of Teploenergo have been convicted in connection with a heat pipeline rupture on Pushkin Street.

An inter-university student IT center has opened on the NEYMARK campus.

Preliminary results of the elections for deputies to the State Duma and the Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast have been announced.

Nizhny Novgorod trams now accept payments through the Yandex Go app.

United Russia wins regional legislative elections in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

A case involving the murder of former deputy Minkail Saidov in Shahunia has been sent to court.

Cases of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast have increased 1.5-fold.

The Volga metro station project has been submitted for public review to be included in Nizhny Novgorod's master plan.

Elections were held for deputies to the State Duma of the ninth convocation and to the Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast of the eighth convocation.

Voting concluded on the third day of elections to the State Duma and the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Legislative Assembly.

United Russia candidates are leading in all five single-mandate constituencies of Nizhny Novgorod Region in the State Duma elections.

Construction has begun on a 550-pupil school in Lyskov.

A patient with burns covering 90% of his body has been discharged from the burn center of Privolzhsky Research Medical University's clinical hospital.

Voting began for elections to the State Duma and the Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, with polling to continue over three days.

An inter-settlement gas pipeline from the Obkhod gas distribution station to Shakhunya, spanning 30.6 kilometers, has been commissioned.

Voting began today in the three-day election for the State Duma of the ninth convocation and the Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast of the eighth convocation.

The Nizhny Novgorod Region Energy Ministry reported a 17% increase in gasoline supplies to gas stations.

The Land Council rejected LLC "Tennis School-28" for a plot to build a tennis complex on Druzhayeva Street in the Avtozavodsky District.