What people discuss

What people discussed on September 26, 2026

What people were talking about in the city’s Telegram channels, on forums and under the videos of a local TV channel: 16 topics. Translated from Russian.

  1. 1

    Queues for petrol at stations in Nizhny, Kstovo and Arzamas

    Large queues of cars have formed at several petrol stations in Nizhny Novgorod, Kstovo and Arzamas; in Arzamas, police sorted out the situation at a Gazprom station. In Kstovo, people report that big stations have no petrol while small ones do.

    Discussed in: NeGorkiy Kstovo Novosti NN i Oblasti Arzamas (@arzamas_online) ProNN Zloy NN Balakhna Live Chernaya dyra NN LIFE Pikabu, teg «NN» · 20K views · 50 participants

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    Start of the heating season and a burst pipe on Krasnodontsev Street

    The heating season has begun in Nizhny Novgorod: in the Leninsky District boiling water flooded a flat and damaged an audio system worth 5 million rubles, and in Avtozavod Krasnodontsev Street was flooded with boiling water during pressure testing. In Kstovo, residents report that heating was switched on at temperatures above +20 degrees.

    Pages on this topic: Krasnodontsev Street

    Discussed in: NN s ogonkom Kstati (YouTube) NN_TODAY Novosti NN i Oblasti Kstovo @nizhniy_chp Gulyay, NN Pikabu, teg «NN» · 9.7K views · over 90 participants

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    Burnakovka woman with a knife taken to police and handed over to medics

    A resident of a building on Burnakovskaya Street walked around the neighbourhood with a knife, left threatening writing in stairwells and set objects on fire. Police took the woman to the station and then handed her over to medical staff.

    Discussed in: Ni Mash Nizhniy №1 NN s ogonkom Novosti NN i Oblasti @nizhniy_chp Pervyy Nizhegorodskiy Zloy NN · 13K views

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    Driver from Lyskovo wins over 700,000 rubles from employer for eight years without leave

    A driver from Lyskovo worked for eight years without paid leave and, after being dismissed, received only partial compensation. The court ordered the employer to pay over 520,000 rubles for unused leave, more than 130,000 for delayed payment and 50,000 rubles in compensation for moral damage.

    Pages on this topic: Lyskovo

    Discussed in: NN s ogonkom NN_TODAY Intsident NN MDK NN NN Novosti Zloy NN Gulyay, NN · 8.1K views

  5. 5

    Rampage on Lenin Avenue: woman with a sledgehammer smashes cars and shop windows

    On September 25, a woman on Lenin Avenue smashed several parked cars with a sledgehammer, wrecked a shop and attacked a saleswoman. After being detained she was hospitalised; a test for prohibited substances showed nothing.

    Pages on this topic: Lenin Avenue

    Discussed in: Kstati (YouTube) Nizhniy №1 Pervyy Nizhegorodskiy NN LIFE @nizhniy_chp Pikabu, teg «NN» · 109K views · 101 participants

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    Conflicts at Nizhny Novgorod gas stations over fuel queues

    Conflicts are breaking out at Nizhny Novgorod gas stations because of queues lasting for hours: according to the channel, one driver trying to take a place in line hit an elderly woman who stood in her way. The video describing the incident gathered more than a hundred comments in three days.

    Discussed in: Kstati (YouTube) Kstati... Novosti NN · 102K views · over 90 participants

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    Queues at Nizhny Novgorod petrol stations and a conflict while refuelling

    People in Nizhny Novgorod are discussing queues of many hours at petrol stations. In one such conflict, a 40-year-old woman hit an elderly local woman who tried not to let her go ahead out of turn; the detained woman was taken to a police station and handed over to medics.

    Discussed in: Kstati (YouTube) MDK NN · 79K views · over 90 participants

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    Teenagers' attack on a pensioner at the Krasnye Zori stop

    At the Krasnye Zori stop in Avtozavod, two teenagers beat an elderly man while livestreaming; a passerby who tried to intervene was sprayed with pepper spray. Police are searching for the attackers.

    Discussed in: Kstati (YouTube) NN s ogonkom · 119K views · over 90 participants

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    Hospitalization of the woman who wrecked cars on Lenin Avenue

    A 40-year-old Nizhny Novgorod woman was detained after smashing two parked cars, attacking a saleswoman and wrecking the counters in a beer shop. Her test for prohibited substances came back negative, after which she was admitted to a psychiatric hospital.

    Pages on this topic: Lenin Avenue

    Discussed in: Ni Mash Novosti NN i Oblasti NN_TODAY MDK NN @nn800top Zhivem v Nizhnem · 11K views

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    First joint replacement operations with the Mako robotic system at the PIMU clinic

    The PIMU University Clinic has begun using the Mako robotic system for knee and hip replacement. The technology is available free of charge under the state programme, and all decisions during the operation are made by the surgeon.

    Discussed in: Nizhniy №1 Intsident NN Zhivem v Nizhnem Molniya NN @nizhniy_chp · 3.8K views

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    Child hit by a car on Butlerova Street in Dzerzhinsk

    An 11-year-old girl was hit by a car on Butlerova Street in Dzerzhinsk: the child was crossing the road at an undesignated place and was taken to hospital with injuries. The traffic police are establishing the circumstances.

    Discussed in: NN Novosti Pervyy Nizhegorodskiy Fakt @nizhniy_chp Molniya NN · 1.7K views

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    Bear sightings in Vyksa and Volodarsky District

    Women out jogging near the Verkhnevyksunsky Pond in Vyksa met two bear cubs; bears were also seen at the quarries between the settlements of Tsentralny and Frolishchi. The hunting department said no signs of predators were found in places popular with mushroom pickers.

    Pages on this topic: Volodarsky District

    Discussed in: Ni Mash NN_TODAY Novosti NN i Oblasti Vyksa.RF · 11K views

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    First late bat found in Nizhny Novgorod Region, in Sarov

    Activists in Sarov surveyed the local forest park with highly sensitive microphones and for the first time recorded a late bat (Eptesicus serotinus) in Nizhny Novgorod Region, raising the number of bat species known in the region from 12 to 13.

    Discussed in: Ogni Nizhnego Nizhniy №1 NN_TODAY @nizhniy_chp · 8.4K views

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    Bike path in Novoe Doskino and plans to extend it to the Leninsky District

    Construction of a bike path about 3.7 km long with 120 new lighting poles is nearing completion in the village of Novoe Doskino. The cycling network is later planned to be extended along Molodyozhny Prospect, linking the village with the Avtozavodsky and Leninsky districts.

    Discussed in: Kstati (YouTube) Kstati... Novosti NN Zhivem v Nizhnem Avtozavodets · 7.6K views · 20 participants

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    Motorcyclist hit by a car on Kalinina Street in Arzamas

    On Kalinina Street in Arzamas, a motorcyclist was hit by a car. The moment of the collision was caught on video; the injured man was taken to hospital.

    Discussed in: NN_TODAY Arzamas (@arzamas_online) Sarov Novosti NN i Oblasti · 5.1K views

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    Three abandoned Moskvich cars in a backyard in Nizhny Novgorod

    The author of a Pikabu post spotted, through a stairwell window, three old Moskvich cars in poor condition in the backyard of a building in Nizhny Novgorod where a children's quest game was being held.

    Discussed in: Pikabu, teg «NN» · 50 participants