What people discussed on September 25, 2026
What people were talking about in the city’s Telegram channels, on forums and under the videos of a local TV channel: 12 topics. Translated from Russian.
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Gasoline shortage and traffic jams from repairs on the Bor Bridge
On September 24 in Nizhny Novgorod, drivers reported queues at gas stations and a shortage of gasoline; at the same time, repairs on the Bor Bridge, which began on September 21 and are planned to last until mid-October, caused kilometers-long traffic jams — residents of Bor got home on overcrowded commuter trains because the cable car was not running.
Pages on this topic: Borskiy Bridge · Komsomolskaya Square
Discussed in:
Ni Mash
NeGorkiy
Nizhniy №1
Intsident NN
Novosti NN i Oblasti
Kstati... Novosti NN
NN_TODAY
NN Avtonovosti
Sarov
MDK NN
NN Novosti
@nizhniy_chp
Gulyay, NN
Tvoy Bor
Pikabu, teg «NN» · 39K views · 35 participants - 2
Sentence for a doctor in Kstovo over a patient's death during a blood transfusion
A court sentenced the head of the therapy department of a hospital in Kstovo: the doctor did not check the compatibility of the donor blood, and the patient died. She received 1 year and 2 months of restricted freedom, and the hospital was ordered to pay 2 million rubles.
Pages on this topic: Kstovo
Discussed in:
NN_TODAY
Nizhniy №1
NN s ogonkom
Kstati... Novosti NN
Gulyay, NN
Novosti NN i Oblasti
Zloy NN
Zhivem v Nizhnem · 9.5K views - 3
Gasoline shortage and queues at Nizhny Novgorod gas stations
Several large gas stations in Nizhny Novgorod have recorded long queues and a lack of some fuel types; according to Rosstat data as of September 21, gasoline prices in the Nizhny Novgorod Region rose by several tens of kopecks per liter over the week.
Discussed in:
NN_TODAY
Tipichnyy Semyonov
Kstovo
NN LIFE
Zloy NN
Molniya NN
Balakhna Live · 5.0K views - 4
Support for a coach outside the regional court after jury acquittals
Dozens of people gathered outside the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court in support of a children's coach who has been acquitted by a jury several times in the case of the death of a Rosgvardia officer on Bolshaya Pokrovskaya in 2021, yet the case continues.
Pages on this topic: Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court · Pokrovka
Discussed in:
Kstati (YouTube)
Kstati... Novosti NN · 25K views · 92 participants - 5
The Volga metro station in the Nizhny Novgorod master plan
Six channels report that the Volga metro station — an extension of the Sormovo-Meshchera line — is planned to be written into the city's master plan. Public hearings on the draft amendments run from September 25 to October 5; the extension is estimated at 50 billion rubles, with a 2030 deadline.
Pages on this topic: Volga metro station
Discussed in:
Nizhniy №1
NN_TODAY
Novosti NN i Oblasti
Intsident NN
Zhivem v Nizhnem
@nizhniy_chp · 9.5K views - 6
Quarantine at a school and three kindergartens amid rising ARVI cases
In the Nizhny Novgorod Region, one school and three kindergartens are closed under full quarantine because of ARVI; 19 classes in 12 schools and 35 groups in 31 kindergartens are partly suspended. More than 15,000 cases have been registered, with rhinovirus and parainfluenza the predominant pathogens.
Discussed in:
Nizhniy №1
Novosti NN i Oblasti
NN_TODAY
Chernaya dyra
@nizhniy_chp · 9.1K views - 7
Car wrecking on Lenin Avenue and the hospitalization of the detained woman
A woman smashed two parked cars with a sledgehammer on Lenin Avenue, wrecked a beer shop and attacked a saleswoman. After her detention she was tested for drugs — nothing was found — and was hospitalized.
Pages on this topic: Lenin Avenue
Discussed in:
Ni Mash
NN_TODAY
@nizhniy_chp
Pervyy Nizhegorodskiy
Zhivem v Nizhnem · 4.9K views - 8
Theft from a post office till in Dzerzhinsk: 250 thousand rubles and condensed milk
The head of a post office branch in Dzerzhinsk is accused of stealing 250 thousand rubles from the till, as well as lottery tickets and a can of condensed milk worth over 5 thousand rubles in total. The accused admitted guilt and partly repaid the damage; her property has been seized to a value of more than 1 million rubles.
Discussed in:
NN LIFE
Gulyay, NN
Pervyy Nizhegorodskiy
@nizhniy_chp
Zavolzhe · 1.7K views - 9
Scheduled escalator repair at Gorkovskaya station
One of the escalators at Gorkovskaya metro station is closed for scheduled repair, with no end date announced. Since the start of the year, escalators in the Nizhny Novgorod metro have stopped 47 times unscheduled — because of accidental presses of the emergency stop button and clothing and shoes getting caught in the mechanism.
Discussed in:
Nizhniy №1
NN Novosti
Gulyay, NN
@nizhniy_chp · 4.6K views - 10
Reports of fraud in the building of utility sheds and cabins
Dozens of Nizhny Novgorod residents report that they paid an entrepreneur to build utility sheds and cabins but received neither their money nor the buildings. According to the channel, the entrepreneur had previously been convicted of fraud.
Discussed in:
Kstati (YouTube)
Kstati... Novosti NN · 6.2K views · 56 participants - 11
Mass fish kill on Lake Meshchersky
Fish continue to die in Lake Meshchersky: anglers report that the number of dead fish is growing. The channel ran a report on it this week; the situation is not improving.
Pages on this topic: Meschera Lake
Discussed in:
Kstati (YouTube)
NeGorkiy
Kstati... Novosti NN · 22K views · 37 participants - 12
Results of the elections to the 8th Legislative Assembly of the Nizhny Novgorod Region
The Nizhny Novgorod regional election commission approved the makeup of the eighth Legislative Assembly: of 50 seats, United Russia won 41, the Communist Party four, the LDPR and New People two each, and A Just Russia one. The first session is scheduled for September 29.
Discussed in:
VOVK
Chernaya dyra
NN LIFE · 20K views
