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What people discussed on November 6, 2026

What people were talking about in the city’s Telegram channels, on forums and under the videos of a local TV channel: 8 topics. Translated from Russian.

  1. 1

    Several road accidents in Dzerzhinsk within a few days

    Over a few days in Dzerzhinsk there were several high-profile road accidents: a car hit a 10-year-old child on a bicycle at a pedestrian crossing; a Land Rover driver escaped a traffic police pursuit and rammed a patrol car, striking an officer during her arrest; on Klyukvin Street a driver without a license ran a red light at an intersection and collided with a bus, injuring five people. People argue over who is to blame for the child being hit: the driver admits fault, but the traffic police intend to hold the parents responsible because the boy rode his bicycle across the crossing.

    • “Even if he was riding and not walking his bike, didn't the driver see a whole group of people? He didn't even slow down before the zebra crossing.” — AsyaRoshchina-y8g writes under the video “Kstati” · 105 replies
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    • “The driver's speed near the pedestrian crossing is none too low..” — OlgaEfremova-n9ch writes under the video “Kstati” · 45 replies
    • “The police are asking for the bicycle's VIN code. Curtain.” — alexnikishin1354 writes under the video “Kstati” · 32 replies
    • “The police should be held accountable for justifying the offender.” — NadezhdaL-shch4e writes under the video “Kstati” · 18 replies
    • “So what if he did ride his bike on the crossing, can a driver just not stop and hit a person? A crowd of people is walking, and this one comes flying like mad. Surprising they haven't found alcohol in the kid's blood.” — s.t.a.l.k.e.r5166 writes under the video “Kstati” · 16 replies
    • “Looks like the driver is a "valuable specialist" and they're under the state's protection. They can do anything.” — AndreyYa-z4u writes under the video “Kstati” · 12 replies
    • “In Nizhny the police are a fully independent body that answers to no one and does what it wants. They should have been fired long ago.” — NiraL_13 writes under the video “Kstati” · 12 replies
    • “urgent publicity and hold the driver accountable” — Nikolay-o2r4k writes under the video “Kstati” · 11 replies
    • “this blow may affect him later on” — tdk5161 writes under the video “Kstati” · 10 replies

    Discussed in: Kstati (YouTube) NN Avtonovosti NN s ogonkom Kstati... Novosti NN Pervyy Nizhegorodskiy DTP NN novosti Gulyay, NN Zhivem v Nizhnem · 115K views · 83 participants

  2. 2

    Flood in an apartment and a lonely pensioner in Avtozavod

    A severe flood occurred in an apartment in the Avtozavodsky District. The neighbors below knew that an elderly pensioner lived alone above them, but help, according to the authors of the report, did not come right away. People argue over who is responsible for elderly people living alone in emergencies; commenters call on residents to leave their neighbors the contact details of relatives.

    Pages on this topic: Avtozavodsky District

    • “What if the person felt ill, what then? Lie there and die, nobody will help..” — SvetlanaKrutovskaya-m9s writes under the video “Kstati” · 29 replies
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    • “Life gets more fun every year, it's just terrible.....” — antonglazunov1708 writes under the video “Kstati” · 14 replies
    • “Another reminder that nobody needs anybody! And all sorts of services even less so!” — VeraBarkovskaya-ch6o writes under the video “Kstati” · 10 replies
    • “The unity holiday is over, so we can forget about our neighbors, fellow townspeople and countrymen again” — romualdo84 writes under the video “Kstati” · 6 replies
    • “Indeed, a person is lying there dying. And the police don't give a damn. Terrible.” — r.robertina8697 writes under the video “Kstati” · 5 replies
    • “"Come back when they kill someone!" (c)” — kbybz1 writes under the video “Kstati”
    • “but when it comes to issuing fines, every service is right there.” — AKh-pf4wo writes under the video “Kstati”
    • “be glad they haven't jailed you for discrediting some services)))” — DrewChill-n7b writes under the video “Kstati”

    Discussed in: Kstati (YouTube) Pikabu, teg «NN» · 52K views · over 90 participants

  3. 3

    Two bears shot in Shakhunya District after approaching homes

    The regional forestry ministry authorized the taking of two bears in the Shakhunya district after, in October, a bear was spotted near trash containers on the outskirts of Shakhunya and killed a guard dog in a yard. Both animals have been shot: one in assigned hunting grounds, the other in publicly accessible forest. Commenters under the video discuss how dangerous a lone wolf filmed near a school in Pochinki is, in connection with the general activity of wild animals near settlements.

    Pages on this topic: Shakhunskiy District

    • “They're cutting down the forests. The food supply is shrinking!” — newsams809 writes under the video “Kstati” · 45 replies
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    • “We should be demanding not a wolf hunt but that the forest be planted back” — Artecd writes under the video “Kstati” · 16 replies
    • “The old woman is great! "I'm sitting locked up, and let it eat the chickens!" that line made my day” — ArtemChukhrov-ch3shch writes under the video “Kstati” · 8 replies
    • “A hunt should have been opened on loggers long ago, or we'll end up paying for it... Though we already have, long ago.” — AllaLazareva-r6 writes under the video “Kstati” · 8 replies
    • “So much forest cut down!!! It's the fault of officials who in their greed are ready to sell everything!!!! So the animals come out. It's sad... You look, everywhere people love their country. They try to preserve nature....” — MarinaSnegova-i4m writes under the video “Kstati” · 5 replies
    • “What did you expect? Hunting farms, forestry districts and so on have been wrecked, and this is the result. United Russia is never wrong, right?” — IvanF-d6i writes under the video “Kstati” · 5 replies
    • “Better they declared a hunt on those who cut down and haul away the forest.” — NadezhdaMokhova-m4z writes under the video “Kstati”
    • “Just that.. there are 5 times more of them than the norm.. 1500+ instead of 300” — Vlad Garold writes in “Ni Mash”
    • “They shouldn't have cut down their homes!” — Darya writes in “Ni Mash”

    Discussed in: Kstati (YouTube) Nizhniy №1 NN s ogonkom Ni Mash NN_TODAY Zhivem v Nizhnem · 85K views · 93 participants

  4. 4

    Unpaid wages at the Buturlino dairy plant

    Employees of the Buturlino dairy plant went out to protest after not being paid. According to a report by the TV channel Kstati, the company's management had earlier forbidden workers to eat lunch and to smile at the workplace. People argue over whether management had grounds for the bans; some suggest the workers themselves had committed violations.

    • “For some reason, whenever Moscow shows up, everyone starts feeling bad” — nikitaroda9426 writes under the video “Kstati” · 50 replies
    All replies (9)
    • “File a collective complaint with the labor inspectorate and the prosecutor's office” — 666adirai writes under the video “Kstati” · 39 replies
    • “The plant's owner is a fraudster, people like that should be jailed.” — VadimUmka writes under the video “Kstati” · 27 replies
    • “Isn't signing an employment contract the employer's direct duty?! He seems to think that since he cheated and didn't sign the contract, he doesn't owe anything.” — MrNeofelis writes under the video “Kstati” · 27 replies
    • “Notice how brazen such businessmen have become” — Mikhail-vt3 writes under the video “Kstati” · 23 replies
    • “No contract, no wages, no taxes either, and that's already a red flag for the tax office to check this guy.” — Albanets writes under the video “Kstati” · 14 replies
    • “He talked himself into a sentence for slander.” — Aleksandr-sh2u4ya writes under the video “Kstati” · 11 replies
    • “"I've been watching them for a year." With these words the director confirmed that these people worked there and that he has to pay them.” — iwandessert7139 writes under the video “Kstati” · 9 replies
    • “Well then, a criminal case should be opened against him” — Stanislav_moscow1989 writes under the video “Kstati”

    Discussed in: Kstati (YouTube) Kstati... Novosti NN · 110K views · 92 participants

  5. 5

    Opening of the federal technopark at Nizhpoligraf

    On November 5, Vladimir Putin launched the federal vocational education technopark at Nizhpoligraf on Varvarskaya Street by video link. The technopark has 28 laboratories covering eight industries; by the end of 2026 it plans to train about 4,000 people from different regions of the country. People argue about how real the opening is: some doubt that residents were never told about the project, and there are comparisons to a "Potemkin village".

    Pages on this topic: Nizhpoligraf

    All replies (6)

    Discussed in: NN_TODAY Novosti NN i Oblasti VOVK Kstati... Novosti NN Kstati (YouTube) Chernaya dyra · 11K views · 15 participants

  6. 6

    Master plan for redeveloping the Vodnik stadium site: towers up to 42 floors

    The regional ministry of urban development has published a master plan for the integrated development of the Vodnik stadium site in central Nizhny Novgorod. The project calls for demolishing 18 buildings, relocating the football pitch, and building two residential buildings of varying height up to 42 floors and an indoor sports complex; no new schools, kindergartens or hospitals are planned within the project boundaries. The implementation period is up to nine years. People argue over whether such construction is appropriate in the historic center and whether demolishing the stadium is justified.

    Pages on this topic: Vodnik Stadium

    • “And will there be windows between these two tall buildings? So that there's 1 m of space between the buildings and the windows face each other.” — Denis writes in “NN s ogonkom”

    Discussed in: NN s ogonkom NN_TODAY ProNN NN LIFE @nizhniy_chp Pikabu, teg «NN» · 6.0K views · 6 participants

  7. 7

    Death of Olympic champion and Torpedo coach Mikhail Vasilyev

    Mikhail Vasilyev, 1984 Olympic champion and multiple world and USSR champion, who from 2022 to 2025 was part of the coaching staff of Nizhny Novgorod's Torpedo, has died in his 65th year. According to TASS, he had been fighting lung cancer for five years.

    Discussed in: VOVK NN s ogonkom Nizhniy №1 Gorkiy Sport Chernaya dyra Zhivem v Nizhnem · 4.3K views

  8. 8

    Beating of a child at the Gorodets hospital

    The TV channel Kstati reported that passers-by heard a child screaming from the Gorodets hospital building and witnessed a man beating a child inside the forensic examination bureau premises; the incident was caught on video. According to the channel, charges have been filed. Viewers argue over who the attacker was, an employee of the institution or an outsider.

    • “What on earth is a child doing in a morgue facility” — Zheka-f9r7y writes under the video “Kstati” · 35 replies
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    • “What kind of outfit is this? What else do they do with children there??? The prosecutor's office needs to check, and child protection, where are the parents, what is this, beating a child?” — ksenyaM writes under the video “Kstati” · 26 replies
    • “Thanks to the people who care. How can anyone beat children like that?!” — LillI_silver writes under the video “Kstati” · 22 replies
    • “Awful, I felt sick from the child's screams! However the child misbehaved, you can't raise them like this, you can punish with words and actions! Thank you to the people who didn't walk past!” — ElenaLemesheva-s5s writes under the video “Kstati” · 12 replies
    • “When a parent lacks the brains to raise a child with words and by example, out comes the belt.” — alenlo9575 writes under the video “Kstati” · 10 replies
    • “The police mock us with this "a check is underway"... All they're good at is fulfilling the "fortress" plan..” — OlegBoytsev writes under the video “Kstati” · 9 replies
    • “This is real sadism, torture” — freeforest6893 writes under the video “Kstati”
    • “Thank you that there are still caring people, passers-by. The woman is very upset.” — KsenyaMihailovna writes under the video “Kstati”
    • “This is brutal. On the head!! Damn sadist. Good that they filed a complaint, didn't let them get away with it” — mflober writes under the video “Kstati”

    Discussed in: Kstati (YouTube) Forum NN.RU · 152K views · 21 participants