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What people discussed on September 14, 2026

What people were talking about in the city’s Telegram channels, on forums and under the videos of a local TV channel: 15 topics. Translated from Russian.

  1. 1

    Elk in Sormovo and an elk killed on the M-12 highway

    Elk have been spotted for several days in Sormovo near the small park and Rimsky-Korsakov Street. According to eyewitnesses, one of the animals was hit by a car; a separate elk ran onto the M-12 highway and died, and a second car also hit it and overturned, with no serious injuries to the people.

    Pages on this topic: Sormovo (disambiguation)

    Discussed in: Ni Mash Novosti NN i Oblasti NN s ogonkom Nizhniy №1 NN_TODAY Intsident NN NN Avtonovosti NN Novosti Gulyay, NN · 24K views

  2. 2

    Gasoline shortage and queues at filling stations in several districts

    The Nizhny Novgorod Region is short of fuel: many filling stations have no gasoline, and in some districts (Zavolzhye, Gorodets, Bogorodsk) the situation is especially acute, with queues affecting traffic. As an anti-crisis measure, Euro-4 gasoline has appeared at the region's filling stations at 64.49 rubles per liter.

    Pages on this topic: Zavolzhye · Gorodets · Bogorodsk

    Discussed in: Novosti NN i Oblasti Nizhniy №1 NN_TODAY Kstovo Novosti Nizhegorodskoy oblasti Pavlovo NN Novosti Gulyay, NN Zloy NN · 19K views

  3. 3

    Man who fell into the Volga from a pier is rescued

    On Markin Square, a man fell into the Volga from pier No. 5. Rescuers on the fireboat Master-510 pulled him from the water and handed him over to medics; he was not seriously injured and refused an ambulance examination.

    Pages on this topic: Markin Square

    Discussed in: NN s ogonkom NeGorkiy Ogni Nizhnego @nn800top NN Novosti Zloy NN DTP NN novosti Gulyay, NN Zhivem v Nizhnem · 10.0K views

  4. 4

    Shveytsariya Park temporarily closed for tick treatment

    Shveytsariya Park is closed on 15-16 September for acaricide treatment against ticks. Reopening is scheduled for 16 September.

    Pages on this topic: Shveytsariya Park

    Discussed in: NeGorkiy Ni Mash NN s ogonkom NN_TODAY Novosti NN i Oblasti Zloy NN Zhivem v Nizhnem Molniya NN · 12K views

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    Euro-4 petrol appears at Dzerzhinsk filling stations

    Filling stations in Dzerzhinsk have started selling class K4 (Euro-4) petrol at 64.49 rubles per litre. The Russian government has allowed the sale of fuel of a lower environmental class as an anti-crisis measure, until 1 July 2027.

    Pages on this topic: Dzerzhinsk

    Discussed in: NN s ogonkom Novosti Nizhegorodskoy oblasti Arzamas (@arzamas_online) Pavlovo Sarov @nizhniy_chp · 7.4K views

  6. 6

    Two dead in an apartment building fire in Pilna

    In the urban-type settlement of Pilna, Nizhny Novgorod Region, a fire broke out in an apartment in a multi-family building on Lenin Street: 36 residents evacuated on their own, and after the fire was put out the bodies of a man and a woman were found in the apartment. An investigator of the Sergach inter-district department of the Investigative Committee has opened a pre-investigation check, and forensic examinations have been ordered.

    Pages on this topic: Pilna

    Discussed in: Nizhniy №1 @nn800top Fakt Pervyy Nizhegorodskiy DTP NN novosti Zloy NN Gulyay, NN @nizhniy_chp Zhivem v Nizhnem · 9.1K views

  7. 7

    Statistics on summer road accidents involving children in Nizhny Novgorod

    Over the summer, Nizhny Novgorod saw 77 road accidents involving children, and one child died. Traffic police identified 51 teenagers who drove vehicles without a licence, and administrative reports were drawn up against their parents.

    Discussed in: Nizhniy №1 Chernaya dyra NN Novosti @nizhniy_chp Pervyy Nizhegorodskiy Gulyay, NN Molniya NN · 5.7K views

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    Detentions in an underground network trafficking illegal weapons

    The FSB, together with the Interior Ministry and Rosgvardia, shut down the activity of 111 people from 43 regions of Russia suspected of illegal arms trafficking and of converting civilian weapons into military-grade ones. Residents of the Nizhny Novgorod Region are among those detained; 37 underground workshops were eliminated, and hundreds of weapons, grenades and explosives were seized.

    Discussed in: Nizhniy №1 @nn800top Novosti NN i Oblasti Chernaya dyra NN_TODAY Zhivem v Nizhnem DTP NN novosti · 4.1K views

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    Tenders for the city's New Year festive decorations

    Information about tenders for festive decoration of the city has appeared on the public procurement portal: 58.3 million rubles are planned for light-dynamic decorations, and 10.3 million for flags and posters for New Year and National Unity Day.

    Discussed in: Ni Mash NN s ogonkom Nizhniy №1 NN_TODAY MDK NN · 11K views

  10. 10

    Sentence for the truck driver over a child's death in Bolshoye Pikino

    A court sentenced a truck driver who, in September 2024 in the village of Bolshoye Pikino, hit a nine-year-old cyclist and fled the scene; the child died in hospital. The driver was given four years in a general-regime penal colony, and the company he worked for was ordered to pay more than four million rubles to the boy's parents.

    Discussed in: Nizhniy №1 NN s ogonkom Kstati... Novosti NN DTP NN novosti Zhivem v Nizhnem · 6.1K views

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    Chkalov Street closed for tram track repairs until 2027

    Traffic is partly closed on Chkalov Street: 1.6 km of tram rails are being repaired on the section from Prokofyev Street to Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii Street. Because of the work, trams No. 27 and No. 417A temporarily run only as far as Komsomolskaya Square; the repairs are planned to be finished in 2027.

    Discussed in: Nizhniy №1 NeGorkiy DTP NN novosti @nizhniy_chp Ogni Nizhnego · 4.6K views

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    Schoolboy from the Navashino District wins a harvest contest

    A schoolboy from the Navashino District took first place in two categories of the "Giants of Aminosil" contest in the Moscow region, growing a pumpkin weighing 612.5 kg and a potato weighing 1.68 kg. The combined prize for the two wins was 1.06 million rubles.

    Discussed in: Novosti NN i Oblasti NN s ogonkom NN Novosti NN LIFE MDK NN · 1.3K views

  13. 13

    FC Nizhny Novgorod beat Torpedo 3:0

    FC Nizhny Novgorod beat Torpedo 3:0 in an away match at the arena in Khimki. The next home match, against Leningradets, is scheduled for September 17.

    Pages on this topic: Torpedo

    Discussed in: FK NN Novosti NN i Oblasti Gorkiy Sport Nizhniy 800 · 16K views

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    Exhibition of Nizhny Novgorod artists at the Russian Centre in Paris

    The exhibition "System Assembly. Nizhny Novgorod" with works by 18 artists, including painting, ceramics and installations, has opened at the Russian Spiritual and Cultural Centre in Paris. The exhibition is part of the European Heritage Days programme and will run until 1 November.

    Discussed in: Ogni Nizhnego Zhivem v Nizhnem NN Novosti Gulyay, NN · 2.9K views

  15. 15

    Illegal logging in the Arzamas District

    In the Arzamas District, a camera trap recorded illegal harvesting of dead standing, windthrown and storm-felled timber. Forestry staff found a depot of illegally cut wood and a spot where machinery had been parked; the materials were passed to law enforcement.

    Pages on this topic: Arzamas District

    Discussed in: Ogni Nizhnego Tipichnyy Semyonov Zhivem v Nizhnem Molniya NN · 2.8K views