What people discussed on October 29, 2026

Vape sales to be banned in the region from 2027 to 2032

The Nizhny Novgorod Region Legislative Assembly adopted amendments to the regional law on protecting health from tobacco smoke: the sale of vapes will be banned from March 1, 2027 to March 1, 2032.

Discussed in: Nizhniy №1 Intsident NN NN s ogonkom NN_TODAY Tipichnyy Semyonov Fakt Chernaya dyra Zloy NN NN LIFE NN Novosti @nizhniy_chp Zhivem v Nizhnem · 18K views

Myzinsky overpass repair: asphalt laying in the final stage

Asphalt laying is being completed on the Myzinsky overpass, the first major repair in more than 45 years. Road workers still have to install barriers and build sidewalks and storm drainage; all work is planned to finish in December 2026.

Discussed in: NN Avtonovosti Ogni Nizhnego Nizhniy №1 NN s ogonkom Intsident NN Novosti NN i Oblasti NN_TODAY Avtozavodets Zloy NN DTP NN novosti · 48K views

Pedestrian crossing moved near Oceanis mall and Shveytsariya Park

The pedestrian crossing at the entrance to Shveytsariya Park has been moved closer to the Tobolskie Kazarmy bus stop. LED traffic lights with a timer and road signs were installed at the new spot, and the old markings were removed. The move is explained by the need to separate pedestrian flows from cars leaving the mall's parking lot.

Pages on this topic: Shveytsariya Park

Discussed in: NeGorkiy Nizhniy №1 NN s ogonkom Intsident NN NN_TODAY @nn800top Zloy NN NN Novosti @nizhniy_chp Gulyay, NN · 20K views

E. coli in products of Nizhny Novgorod's Sladkaya Zhizn and SONATA

Rospotrebnadzor found E. coli and excess microorganism levels in pasta with a cutlet from Nizhny Novgorod's Sladkaya Zhizn (batch of October 1) and in the Michelle sponge roll from the Kstovo plant SONATA. The products were pulled from shelves, and the companies received warnings.

Discussed in: Ni Mash Nizhniy №1 Intsident NN NN_TODAY ProNN Novosti Nizhegorodskoy oblasti Zhivem v Nizhnem · 26K views

Sentence for fatal crash on the Perevoz — Shatki highway

A court sentenced a Shatki resident to three years in a prison settlement for a crash on January 4, 2025 on the Perevoz — Shatki highway: the driver of a Ford minivan, while going around a tractor, hit two men who were repairing a VAZ on the roadway, and both died. He is also banned from driving for 2 years and 6 months, and compensation for moral damages was awarded.

Discussed in: NN Avtonovosti NN s ogonkom Kstati... Novosti NN Fakt Pervyy Nizhegorodskiy Zhivem v Nizhnem · 34K views

Chase and arrest of a drunk driver in the Bor District

At night in the Bor District, police chased a drunk driver, first by car and then on foot. The man was detained.

Pages on this topic: Borsky District

Discussed in: NN Avtonovosti NN s ogonkom NN_TODAY NN Novosti Gulyay, NN · 35K views

Sentence for the manager of Mary Way modeling agency branches

A court sentenced the manager of the Nizhny Novgorod branches of the Mary Way modeling agency to seven years suspended for fraud as part of a criminal group. From 2020 to 2024 the agency defrauded about 400 clients of more than 65.5 million rubles.

Discussed in: Ni Mash NN s ogonkom Kstati... Novosti NN Novosti Nizhegorodskoy oblasti Chernaya dyra · 13K views

Lynx playing with pine cones in the Kerzhensky Nature Reserve

A camera trap in the Kerzhensky Nature Reserve filmed a lynx playing with pine cones. It is believed to be one of the kittens filmed there last year.

Pages on this topic: Kerzhensky Nature Reserve

Discussed in: NeGorkiy NN_TODAY NN s ogonkom @nn800top Tipichnyy Semyonov · 12K views

Teenagers' parents to pay for repainting facades in Arzamas

In August, two 16-year-old schoolboys painted graffiti on the facades of apartment buildings on Kalinin Street in Arzamas. Restoration will require repainting six entrances and the end walls of the buildings in full, at a cost of about 500 thousand rubles, which the teenagers' parents are to cover.

Discussed in: Ni Mash Intsident NN MDK NN Chernaya dyra Balakhna.RU · 10K views

24-hour cold water shutoff in Verkhnie Pechery and the Kstovo District

On October 29–30, from 9:00 to 9:00, cold water is off on Rodionova, Bogdanovicha, Brinskogo and Verkhne-Pechorskaya streets and several others in Nizhny Novgorod, as well as in the villages of Afonino, Kuzminka, Nikulskoye, Novaya and the Mayak garden association in the Kstovo District. The cause is repair of a water main near building 189/24 on Rodionova Street.

Pages on this topic: Rodionov Street · Kstovsky District

Discussed in: Intsident NN NN s ogonkom ProNN MDK NN NN_TODAY · 7.9K views

Metro tunnelling: boring machines Alyona and Evdokia on their routes

The tunnel boring machine Alyona has driven 200 meters of the right tunnel from Gorkovskaya station at a depth of about 15 meters, with 126 reinforced concrete rings weighing over 2.5 thousand tonnes installed. The machine Evdokia has reached the deepest point of its route; builders still have to concrete the section near the future Ploshchad Svobody station, after which the work will be inspected by the Federal Construction Control Center.

Discussed in: Ogni Nizhnego Novosti NN i Oblasti Gulyay, NN NN Novosti Zhivem v Nizhnem · 6.6K views

Gorky Railway train attendants on trial over fictitious employment

Gorky Railway employees who agreed at their superiors' request to fictitious employment have ended up in the dock, accused of forming a fraudulent organized criminal group.

Pages on this topic: Gorky Railway

Discussed in: Kstati (YouTube) Kstati... Novosti NN · 211K views · 47 participants

Departments and posts cut in the Nizhny Novgorod mayor's office

City Duma deputies approved Mayor Yury Shalabaev's proposal to merge several departments and combine positions; the freed-up funds are planned to go to social needs.

Pages on this topic: Shalabayev Yuri

Discussed in: Kstati (YouTube) Kstati... Novosti NN Balakhna.RU · 6.4K views · 15 participants

Volodarsk residents of Komsomolskaya Street on trains next to their homes

Residents of Komsomolskaya Street in Volodarsk have found themselves neighbors of a Gorky Railway siding: the former flour mill's factory spur, abandoned since 2003, is again being used to park trains.

Pages on this topic: Gorky Railway

Discussed in: Kstati (YouTube) · 190K views · 35 participants