What people discussed on November 10, 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.
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Death of a UAZ driver in a collision with a KamAZ in Arzamas
On November 8 on 9 Maya Street in Arzamas, a 21-year-old woman driving a UAZ drove into the oncoming lane and collided with a KamAZ; she died at the scene. The truck driver, a 25-year-old man, was injured.
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Nizhniy №1 
NN s ogonkom 
NN Avtonovosti 
Fakt 
Pervyy Nizhegorodskiy 
Zloy NN 
DTP NN novosti 
Zhivem v Nizhnem 
@nizhniy_chp · 9.7K views - 2
Wage scandal at the Buturlino dairy plant
Employees of the Buturlino dairy plant were first forbidden to eat lunch at work and then to smile; after wages went unpaid, the workers came out to protest. People argue over who is to blame for the situation: some say the workers themselves did not stand up for their rights.
- “File a collective complaint with the labor inspectorate and the prosecutor's office.” — 666adirai writes under the video “Kstati” · 58 replies
All replies (7)
- “Banning lunches is a violation of labor law, not a matter of discipline.” — Aleksey-lq1lz writes under the video “Kstati” · 51 replies
- “He talked himself into a prison term for slander!” — Aleksandr-sh2u4ya writes under the video “Kstati” · 40 replies
- “Notice how brazen such businessmen have become.” — Mikhail-vt3 writes under the video “Kstati” · 35 replies
- “No contract, no wages, and no taxes either, and that's a warning bell for the tax office to check this operator.” — Albanets writes under the video “Kstati” · 26 replies
- “"I've been watching them for a year." With those words the director confirmed that these people worked there and that he owes them pay.” — iwandessert7139 writes under the video “Kstati” · 18 replies
- “Well then, a criminal case should be opened against him.” — Stanislav_moscow1989 writes under the video “Kstati”
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Kstati (YouTube) · 334K views · 93 participants - 3
Salary statistics in the Nizhny Novgorod region from RIA Novosti
RIA Novosti analysts published a salary study: 3.8% of working residents of the Nizhny Novgorod region earn more than 200 thousand rubles a month and 29.7% earn less than 45 thousand rubles; the typical range is estimated at 42–90 thousand rubles, and the region ranks 28th in the national rating.
- “Even that is too much! Nabiullina said people's salaries are too high and the economy is overheated!” — Vera writes in “Nizhniy №1”
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- “Let them also show food prices in Chukotka and Magadan.” — Roman writes in “Novosti NN i Oblasti”
- “Given that, according to the governor, the average income in the region is 120 thousand rubles, it works out roughly that each of those 4% earns more than 10 times what the middle group does, and more than 30 times what the bottom one does, and that's only…” — Petr Deryugin writes in “Nizhniy №1”
- “It suddenly turns out that however often you say "average salary 100 thousand", life doesn't get any better.” — oleg zotov writes in “Nizhniy №1”
- “This is all very sad! They don't want to pay....... The minimum wage should be 100 thousand now, with prices for everything like this!” — Stanislav Olegovich writes in “Novosti NN i Oblasti”
- “And who are these 3.8% anyway? Are they from another planet? And how do you live on 45 thousand? That's not living, that's surviving.” — Vasilisa writes in “NN_TODAY”
- “So everyone in Nizhny is a superman? How come almost a third of people are on peanuts while someone is raking in 200?” — olly writes in “NN_TODAY”
- “A third of the population lives in poverty. And only 4% can be counted as middle class. Wow.” — Alex Taube writes in “Nizhniy №1”
- “So where do Nizhny residents get the money for new cars?” — Vyacheslav writes in “NN s ogonkom”
- “That's exactly how the average salary in our region comes about.” — Olga writes in “NN s ogonkom”
- “And what about the rest.. With salaries of 500 thousand and up.. What percent is that...!!????” — Jani Jani writes in “NN s ogonkom”
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NN s ogonkom Nizhniy №1 
Novosti NN i Oblasti 
NN_TODAY Zloy NN 
MDK NN · 14K views - 4
Launch of the electric vessel Pozharsky in Chkalovsk
The Chkalovsk Shipyard has launched the passenger electric paddle vessel Pozharsky, the second ship of project PKS-40 after the Minin. From the 2027 navigation season both vessels will run on the Nizhny Novgorod — Bor route, each carrying up to 250 passengers.
Pages on this topic: Minin · Chkalovsky Shipyard
- “And where will they sail to from Chkalovsk? To the village of Timiryazeva or to Zavolzhye?” — dimmitries writes under the video “Kstati” · 15 replies
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- “Wow, they built a little boat in Russia! Wow! In Nizhny Novgorod that sounds especially comical.” — irinaaleksandrova2722 writes under the video “Kstati” · 6 replies
- “00:30 "replace absolutely all Western technologies" absolutely all” — stda8215 writes under the video “Kstati” · 5 replies
- “And how many miles is the extension cord?” — VladimirVladimirovich-l5v3f writes under the video “Kstati” · 5 replies
- “The vessel is good. The design is cool. But maybe we should first buy buses with drivers for our million-strong city? Though I want to say, it's a collective-farm setup. As for public transport, definitely. You can't call it anything else.” — mrloost4546 writes under the video “Kstati”
- “Does it have oars, just in case? The batteries might die” — poligon152 writes under the video “Kstati”
- “No analogues 0:26 This is only the beginning, now we're really going to sail!” — FIIGG writes under the video “Kstati”
- “Now look for the governor among the passengers every so often.” — U.F.O.Technology writes under the video “Kstati”
- “"This is only the beginning"... Brace yourselves...” — starputi writes under the video “Kstati”
- “Waiting until 2027 is too long, I want the crossing to be convenient right now.” — Arina writes in the channel @nn800top
- “The main thing is that they really get across in 20 minutes.” — Katyusha writes in the channel @nn800top
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Kstati (YouTube) 
NeGorkiy 
Avtozavodets Fakt 
Zavolzhe · 13K views · 9 participants - 5
Chaika hockey player Itai Golan gets Russian citizenship
Itai Golan, a 19-year-old player for Nizhny Novgorod's Chaika, born in Switzerland and formerly a Hungarian citizen, has received a Russian passport. Citizenship was granted as an exception at the request of the regional government, backed by the president; Governor Gleb Nikitin handed over the passport. In the comments people ask whether the new citizen will be called up for military service.
- “Don't forget to hand him a draft notice!” — LAW1873 writes under the video “Kstati” · 6 replies
All replies (8)
- “He has never made a bigger mistake.” — tonwaliszewski9949 writes under the video “Kstati”
- “He couldn't care less about your citizenship, he's obviously comfortable right now. And when it's no longer comfortable, they'll stop paying, he'll go back home and won't give a damn about us! They should pay this kind of attention to real Russians!” — volin.andrey writes under the video “Kstati”
- “Wow... what an occasion! Can't we train our own hockey players to that level anymore?” — justforco writes under the video “Kstati”
- “Has he been handed a summons to the military enlistment office? I think his health is fine, and the rest doesn't matter for conscript service. One has to pay one's debt to the "motherland", after all.” — StanislavTikhonov-t7ts writes under the video “Kstati”
- “Time for Switzerland and Hungary to take their passports back from him.” — stda8215 writes under the video “Kstati”
- “Well, well, he deigned to accept Russian citizenship, stop the presses! Turn on Solovyov's screaming! That's the tenth person in the world to descend from heaven to Russia, it turns out you can live here, even Gérard Depardieu confirmed it…” — ferroud writes under the video “Kstati”
- “He took our citizenship on purpose, to pay less in taxes. Did anyone really believe he'd swap Swiss citizenship for Russian?” — Olya-lya-n2k writes under the video “Kstati”
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Kstati (YouTube) 
Kstati... Novosti NN 
Ogni Nizhnego 
Gorkiy Sport MDK NN · 8.3K views · 24 participants - 6
Complaints about overcrowded evening buses in Nizhny
Passengers report overcrowded buses in the evening. According to one passenger, a trip from Belinsky Street to Shcherbinki with a transfer took two hours: he stood at the Studencheskaya stop for 40 minutes, and the No. 1 bus that arrived was so full that it was impossible to get on.
Pages on this topic: Scherbinki
- “As if this were the only route with a problem.” — Olga writes in “NN_TODAY”
All replies (6)
- “Strange! We have the best public transport in the world!” — Ella Ella Mantasheva writes in “NN LIFE”
- “It's the same situation with all transport in Nizhny Novgorod.” — Anastasiya writes in “Intsident NN”
- “Optimization, you have to understand!!!” — Vasya Pupkin writes in “ProNN”
- “And in the morning from Okskiy Bereg it's the same.” — Elena Kolchina writes in “Intsident NN”
- “From Gorky Square it was empty along the whole of Gagarin Avenue at 19:20.” — Magic Zhivopis, grafika, portrety writes in “NN LIFE”
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Kstati... Novosti NN 
Intsident NN NN_TODAY 
ProNN 
NN LIFE · 7.9K views - 7
Number of surveillance cameras in the region rises to 30 thousand
Deputy Governor Yegor Polyakov said that since the start of 2026 the number of surveillance cameras in the Nizhny Novgorod region has grown by 20% to 30 thousand, of which more than 7.6 thousand are equipped with artificial intelligence. The cameras are used to search for people, recognize license plates, and monitor garbage removal and courtyard cleanliness; a mobile video analytics system is used for mass events. One channel asks whether life for Nizhny residents has actually become safer thanks to the cameras.
- “Exactly. A camera can record an overflowing container, but it won't haul it away by itself. In our yard, after complaints, they first added a camera, and the collection schedule stayed on paper.” — Valeriya Zhukova | kapital v metrakh writes in “NN_TODAY”
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- “Soon you won't be able to so much as fart on the street, they'll start fining you for damage to the environment.” — Sergey writes in “Chernaya dyra”
- “Considering how drivers handle their cars, their number should be doubled!” — Nikolay Vershinin writes in “Nizhniy №1”
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Nizhniy №1 NN_TODAY Zloy NN @nizhniy_chp 
Chernaya dyra · 5.4K views - 8
13 warnings to Spar stores over spoiled food
In three months, Spar Middle Volga stores in Nizhny Novgorod received 13 warnings from regulators. Customers complained about expired and spoiled products: in September a woman fell ill after trout from the store on Gagarin Avenue, in October staff at the supermarket on Dyakonov Street were caught re-sticking dates on packaging, and there were complaints about mold in desserts.
- “It's scary to think how many people ended up poisoned if they even re-stick the dates on packages.” — Arina writes in “Ni Mash”
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- “Suddenly everyone has started checking everything. Looks like somebody wants to take Spar away from Gusev. It's the last decent retail chain left in NN. It'll be sad if it turns into the Lenta we have now.” — Nikolay Kirsanov writes in “Ni Mash”
- “For every violation like this they should fine a percentage of revenue! Then the chains will keep an eye on their suppliers (who are already squeezed dry) and will stop falsifying things themselves.” — Sasha Petrovich writes in “Ni Mash”
- “What do they care about these warnings? People get poisoned, and the guilty just get a wag of the finger, like "tut-tut, you can't do that"...” — Igor K. writes in “Ni Mash”
- “Well, 13 warnings in three months, re-stuck dates and fish with a smell, that's no longer "sucked out of the daily grind". I usually have no complaints about Spar, but the editors clearly didn't invent expired goods on the shelf.” — Vladimir writes in “Ni Mash”
- “And the head office is on Dyakonov, where the whole entourage sits, and for them this is business as usual, everybody knows it.” — Misha writes in “Ni Mash”
- “The vacuum-packed trout really was expired, it stank.” — Olga writes in “Novosti NN i Oblasti”
- “Apparently the editors just ran out of other news. The easiest thing is to sit on Rospotrebnadzor's feed and "suck out" the daily grind across all of retail. Clearly everyone can have shortcomings, and of course they get dealt with and fixed.” — Pavel Krylov | sila pervogo kasaniya writes in “Ni Mash”
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Ni Mash Novosti NN i Oblasti NN_TODAY ProNN Zhivem v Nizhnem · 4.8K views