Vladimir Putin arrived in Sarov.

The death of a rally driver in a traffic accident in Bor has led to a criminal case. The former director of the boarding school in Diveevo was given a suspended sentence for fictitious employment. Traffic on the Volzhskaya Embankment will be closed over the weekend due to a large public event. Authorities began an investigation after dead fish and a foul odor were found at Kabatskoye Lake. "Sitimatic – NN" was fined for environmental violations at the Gorodets landfill. A garage drug laboratory was shut down in Nizhny Novgorod.