"Vremya N" (vremyan.ru) is a Nizhny Novgorod news agency whose founder is the government of Nizhny Novgorod Region [1]. It has operated since late 2007 [3] [4] and belongs to the regional media holding together with the NNTV television company and the Volga 24 TV channel; the holding's parent organization is the state-funded institution "NGOTRK 'NNTV'" [5]. The agency maintains a continuous news feed covering Nizhny Novgorod and the Region [2].

History

The domain vremyan.ru was registered on October 31, 2007 [3]. The earliest snapshot of the site, from January 2008, shows the "Regional News Agency 'Vremya N'" with a feed organized into the sections "politics," "economy," "society," and "culture," along with a digest of the day's main news [4].

By the mid-2010s, the site had added live broadcasts, interviews and commentary, analytics and polls, the sections "People and Guest of the Site" and an archive, as well as its own internet television [6]. The current mass media registration certificate was issued on November 2, 2020 (IA No. FS 77-79404) [1].

Editorial staff and content

The agency's editor-in-chief is Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Saveliev; the editorial staff includes chief editors, correspondents, and a photographer, the editorial office is located at 9A Belinsky Street, and the age rating is 16+ [1].

The feed covers politics, the economy, municipal services, incidents, sports, and culture in the Region; the agency's own materials are published under a separate "Exclusive" label, including reports from construction sites, analyses of government decisions, and commentary from specialists [2].

Readers

According to the public LiveInternet counter, as of autumn 2026 the agency's site is read by about 25,000 people from Nizhny Novgorod Region per month — one of the highest figures among Nizhny Novgorod news outlets [7].

Sources

  1. Vremya N — About the agency: founder, registration, editorial staff (archive)
  2. Vremya N — News of Nizhny Novgorod and Nizhny Novgorod Region: feed and sections
  3. nic.ru — Coordination Center for Domains
  4. web.archive.org — Web Archive — vremyan.ru, snapshot of January 15, 2008 (archive)
  5. NNTV — media holding of Nizhny Novgorod Region (archive)
  6. web.archive.org — Web Archive — vremyan.ru, snapshot of January 5, 2017 (archive)
  7. liveinternet.ru — Ranking of websites of Nizhny Novgorod Region