In Akademichesky, a woman was taken to hospital by ambulance after tubing down a hill.

A ride down the hill on an inner tube ended in injury for one of the visitors in the Akademichesky district of Yekaterinburg. A photojournalist from Uralweb.ru witnessed the incident.

Meteorologists reported what the weather will be like on Christmas in Sverdlovsk Oblast.

By Christmas the cyclone that brought a cold snap to Sverdlovsk Oblast will have moved away, so the weather will be moderately frosty by then. That is the forecast from the Ural Hydrometeorological Center.

The grocery basket in Sverdlovsk Oblast has become significantly more expensive.

The cost of the minimum food basket in 2025 in Sverdlovsk Oblast increased by 870 rubles. This conclusion follows from the data of Rosstat and Sverdlovskstat.

The female hippo from Yekaterinburg will compete for a mate.

Eva, a pygmy hippopotamus from the Yekaterinburg Zoo, is vying for a mate with five other females from zoos across Russia. The situation with pygmy hippos is unique: in captivity, no males are born, only females.

Bystrykin took control of the investigation into a drunken Sverdlovsk resident's attack on a paramedic.

The Sverdlovsk directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case for hooliganism after a drunk man attacked an ambulance paramedic. He had gone to a patient's call but was brutally beaten.

Gas rates have risen in Yekaterinburg.

Yekaterinburg residents will begin paying more for gas as of January 1, 2026. The relevant information was published on the official website of the Regional Energy Commission of Sverdlovsk Oblast.

Late in the evening, security services converged on the Yekaterinburg high-rise.

Police officers with canine units converged on the residential building on Ilyich Street in the Uralmash district. According to preliminary reports, a murder may have occurred there. — Preliminary reports indicate a man has died.

A popular bar in the center of Yekaterinburg has closed.

The craft bar "Geograf" in Yekaterinburg will soon close. The venue is located at 61 Kuybysheva Street. It opened in 2018 and became popular with locals.

A man from Sverdlovsk who went missing several weeks ago was found dead.

In Sverdlovsk Oblast, 42-year-old Artem Khomutov was found dead. According to a source at the publication "KP-Yekaterinburg", the death is not criminal in nature.

Because of the full moon, Sverdlovsk residents will not see the largest meteor shower of the year.

On the night of January 4 there will be the peak of one of the year's main meteor showers — the Quadrantids. This was reported to the EAN publication by Ural Federal University astronomer Vladilen Sanakoev. "The peak will occur at 2:00 a.m. on January 4."

In Yekaterinburg, the case against the former director of a special school where children were raped was dropped.

Investigators have dropped the criminal prosecution of Natalya Poddubnaya, the former director of Yekaterinburg Special School No. 124, where evidence of sexual abuse of pupils emerged.

Akademichesky tops the list of Yekaterinburg districts by the number of fare evaders.

Akademichesky has become a district of Yekaterinburg where passengers are less willing to pay for rides on public transportation. This was reported to the 66.Ru portal by Nikita Ukhin, director of the Center for Transport Management.

The founder of UGMK became almost $5 billion richer.

Iskander Makhmudov, founder of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC), became $4.75 billion richer in 2025. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index publishes data on the net worth of Russian businessmen. According to the international ranking, Makhmudov showed one of the most significant increases in net worth in 2025 among Russian billionaires. His wealth increased by $4.75 billion, reaching $7.88 billion. "This result makes him second in the country in terms of growth after Alisher Usmanov (a shareholder in Metalloinvest, +$6.04 billion)," Ura.Ru writes, citing Bloomberg. Pavel Durov also showed a significant increase in capital, adding $3.38 billion over the year. His net worth is estimated at $14.4 billion. Meanwhile, the net worth of Tatyana Kim, founder of Wildberries, increased by $515 million, reaching $7.89 billion.

"They were dared": details emerge about the deaths of teenagers in a private house in a horrific fire near Serov

Details have emerged about the tragedy in the "Sovkhoz Yubileyny" cottage settlement near Serov, where 14-year-old Andrey and 12-year-old Polina died. Recall that a fire there completely destroyed a summer house and nearly took the lives of several other teenagers.