What people discussed on September 30, 2026

Gasoline shortage at filling stations and fines for queues in Balakhna

Nizhny Novgorod filling stations saw fuel shortages for several days: in Balakhna, drivers waiting in queues at gas stations began to be fined en masse, despite the Interior Ministry's statements that such fines had been canceled. Lukoil said the situation is gradually returning to normal, explaining the disruptions by temporary technical and logistical difficulties.

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Launch of all municipal boiler houses and complaints about heating

Nizhny Novgorod mayor Yuri Shalabaev said that 100% of the city's municipal boiler houses are running; heating began early, on September 21. At the same time, reports of problems are coming in: in one building in Leninsky District, boiling water flooded an apartment when the system was started and damaged an audio system worth 5 million rubles.

Pages on this topic: Shalabayev Yuri · Leninsky District

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Burial site of the Muroma tribe from the 8th–10th centuries in Pavlovo District

In Pavlovo District, archaeologists have found a previously unknown men's burial ground from the 8th–10th centuries, presumably belonging to the Muroma tribe. The grave contained a socketed axe, spearheads, knives, a fire striker, a ceramic vessel and ornaments; the burial ground is being prepared for state protection, and the skeleton is being handed over to the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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Deaths of birds and animals around a flour mill in Volodarsk

In Volodarsk, mass deaths of birds and pets are being recorded in streets, yards and stairwells near the local flour mill. Journalists from the Kstati channel who went to the site report that the mill's security guards broke their cameras.

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Crash at a gas station involving a parked Jaguar

In Nizhny Novgorod, a Jaguar owner left his car on the road near a gas station to hold his place in the queue for the station's opening. While he was away, the car was moved, and two other cars crashed into it.

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Rise in acute respiratory infections and quarantine in kindergartens and schools

Over the week, more than 15,000 residents of Nizhny Novgorod fell ill with acute respiratory infections, although the incidence is still below long-term levels. Three kindergartens are fully closed, and partial restrictions are in place in 25 groups at 23 kindergartens and 12 classes at 11 schools; 515,000 doses of flu vaccine have arrived in the region.

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St. Petersburg man Ganesh Kumar passes through Nizhny on a walk to India

Ganesh Kumar, a 44-year-old from St. Petersburg who set out on August 16, has reached Nizhny Novgorod after covering more than a thousand kilometers. The whole route to India and back is about 15,000 kilometers; he plans to continue through Kazan and the countries of Central and South Asia.

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Case of Arzamas police officers accused of fabricating a criminal case reaches court

In Arzamas, the case of police officers who accused an innocent person of murder has reached court; according to available information, by the start of the trial the charge against one defendant had been reduced to abuse of official powers.

Pages on this topic: Arzamas (disambiguation)

Discussed in: Kstati (YouTube) · 478K views · 82 participants

First session of the eighth-convocation Legislative Assembly of the Nizhny Novgorod Region

On September 29 the new regional parliament held its first session: Evgeny Lyulin was re-elected chairman of the Legislative Assembly, a structure of eight committees was approved, and Olga Shchetinina will represent the parliament in the Federation Council.

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Fake bills showing debts in the building at 12 Geroev Kosmosa Street

Fake bills showing large amounts of debt were left for residents of the building at 12 Geroev Kosmosa Street. The chairman of the housing cooperative intends to go to the police.

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Sentence for a Vyksa phone shop employee for selling customers' personal data

The Vyksa City Court has sentenced a former employee of a mobile operator's sales office to a fine of 300,000 rubles: from April to August 2025 he used his work access to copy subscribers' personal data in Vyksa and Sarov and passed it to an unidentified person for money.

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Alexey Simonov is the new minister of domestic policy of the Nizhny Novgorod Region

Governor Gleb Nikitin has signed an order appointing Alexey Simonov minister of domestic, regional and municipal policy of the Nizhny Novgorod Region. The department's previous head, Pavel Karasyov, has become a deputy of the ninth-convocation State Duma; the post of deputy chairman of the government, which he also held, has been abolished.

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New turnstiles at Moskovskaya and Zarechnaya metro stations

At Moskovskaya and Zarechnaya stations, turnstiles dating from 1973 have been dismantled and replaced with new ones with wider passages, convenient for passengers with limited mobility and for parents with strollers. Equipment at all stations is scheduled to be updated by 2030.

Discussed in: Kstati (YouTube) Zhivem v Nizhnem · 3.6K views · 15 participants