“Welcome to Novgodor”: banner for the World Cup at Nizhny Novgorod airport
On April 28, journalist Dmitry Blinnikov tweeted a photo from the Strigino airport in Nizhny Novgorod. The picture shows a banner in the baggage claim area, which reads "Welcome to Nizhny Novgorod". Apparently, the banner was placed on the eve of the World Cup. On Twitter, they noted that “Nizhny Novgorod” sounds like a toponym from John R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. “Nizhny Novgorod, on the outskirts of Mordor,” wrote one user.