What people discussed on October 21, 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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Clash between a seventh-grader and a teacher during a lesson at a Dzerzhinsk school
At a school in Dzerzhinsk, a conflict broke out during a lesson between a seventh-grader and a 24-year-old teacher. The two sides describe it differently: the pupil claims the teacher hit him, the teacher says the pupil attacked him with his fists; officers of the juvenile affairs unit are looking into the circumstances.
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Kstati (YouTube) 
Dzerzhinsk Novosti 
Ni Mash 
Nizhniy №1 
Novosti NN i Oblasti 
NN s ogonkom 
NN_TODAY 
Intsident NN 
Chernaya dyra 
Zhivem v Nizhnem 
NN Novosti 
NN LIFE · 123K views · over 90 participants - 2
Theft of 104 million rubles in gas pipeline construction in northern Nizhny Novgorod Region
Six representatives of contractor companies are accused of fraud in building a trunk gas pipeline in the northern districts of the region: according to investigators, in 2024–2025 they handed the customer forged waste disposal certificates and misappropriated more than 104 million rubles. An engineer of Gazprom Transgaz Nizhny Novgorod is suspected of taking a 500,000-ruble bribe for signing fictitious
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Ni Mash Novosti NN i Oblasti NN_TODAY Chernaya dyra Nizhniy №1 Zhivem v Nizhnem 
Molniya NN · 8.9K views - 3
Harsher sentence for coaches after boy's drowning in Kstovo pool
The appeals court toughened the sentence of the coaches at a Kstovo sports and wellness complex, through whose fault a five-year-old boy drowned in the pool in October 2023.
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Kstati (YouTube) 
Kstovo 
Kstati... Novosti NN · 87K views · over 90 participants - 4
SUV crosses double solid line by the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin
By the walls of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, an SUV crossed a double solid line and nearly collided with a motorcyclist; the incident was captured by a camera on the motorcycle. According to unconfirmed information, the car belongs to the regional government.
Pages on this topic: Kremlin
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Nizhniy №1 Ni Mash Intsident NN 
MDK NN Molniya NN · 8.0K views - 5
New arrivals at the Limpopo zoo: babies and new animals
This autumn, the Limpopo zoo in Nizhny Novgorod saw the birth of a brown capuchin, marmoset and Patagonian mara babies, as well as two chicks born to the black swan pair Brilliant and Zhemchuzhina. New residents were also brought to the zoo: a female giant red kangaroo, a male reindeer and a female white-faced saki.
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NN s ogonkom Novosti NN i Oblasti NN Novosti Zhivem v Nizhnem 
Gulyay, NN · 6.1K views - 6
Skalkin appointed head of Nizhegorodsky District while remaining first deputy mayor
Mayor Yury Shalabaev appointed Denis Skalkin, first deputy head of the Nizhny Novgorod administration, as head of Nizhegorodsky District while he keeps his previous post. At the same time, Elena Antonova was officially confirmed as first deputy head of the city administration.
Pages on this topic: Nizhegorodsky District
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VOVK 
Ogni Nizhnego Novosti NN i Oblasti Zhivem v Nizhnem MDK NN · 12K views - 7
Kstovo resident sentenced for repeat drunk driving and forged license
A Kstovo resident has been sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment for repeatedly driving while intoxicated with a forged driver's license. In addition to the prison term, the court banned him from driving for another 5 years.
Pages on this topic: Kstovo
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Kstovo 
Vyksa.RF 
NN Avtonovosti 
DTP NN novosti · 4.8K views - 8
Two-way traffic on Zvezdinka behind the House of Communications
Two-way traffic has been introduced on the stretch of Zvezdinka Street from building No. 12 to Bolshaya Pokrovskaya. Parking by the House of Communications and building No. 12 is prohibited; at building No. 10B, single-row parking parallel to the roadway is allowed.
Pages on this topic: House of Communications (Dom Svyazi)
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Nizhniy №1 NN s ogonkom 
Zloy NN NN LIFE · 3.1K views - 9
Sentence for firing a signal pistol outside a bar on Busygin Avenue
In May, on Busygin Avenue, a man fired a signal pistol in an opponent's face after an argument outside a bar and fled; he was detained the next day. The court sentenced him to 2 years and 2 months in a strict-regime colony and banned him from driving for two years.
Pages on this topic: Busygin Avenue
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Kstati (YouTube) MDK NN 
Pervyy Nizhegorodskiy · 170K views · 13 participants - 10
Nizhny Novgorod fencers win gold and bronze at World Cup stages
Alexander Kerik (épée) and Kirill Tyulyukov (sabre), as part of Russia's men's team, won gold and bronze at World Cup stages in Japan and Algeria respectively.
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NeGorkiy Kstovo Ogni Nizhnego · 8.5K views - 11
Construction of a silicone implant plant in Quantum Valley
At the Quantum Valley INTC in Nizhny Novgorod, construction has started on a facility producing domestic silicone implants and plastic surgery preparations, the first of its kind in the country. Commenters doubt the project will be realized.
Pages on this topic: Innovation Scientific and Technology Centre "Quantum Valley"
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Kstati (YouTube) 
Fakt Gulyay, NN · 4.6K views · 23 participants - 12
Construction starts on the Health Territory cluster at the Quantum Valley INTC
In Nizhny Novgorod, a time capsule was laid in the foundation of the first cluster of the Quantum Valley INTC: an investor is starting construction of a plant producing medical devices for import substitution. 58 companies have already become residents of the INTC.
Pages on this topic: Innovation Scientific and Technology Centre "Quantum Valley"
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Kstati (YouTube) Novosti NN i Oblasti · 6.4K views · 22 participants