A forensic examination confirmed the death of the former director of Uralkali in Cyprus.

The body of the former CEO and former chairman of the board of directors of Uralkali, Vladislav Baumgertner, which was found in Cyprus, has been identified following a forensic examination.

A festival of authentic Ural cuisine is taking place in Yekaterinburg.

The Authentic Ural Cuisine Festival (AUK) is taking place in the Urals for the fifth time. This year, 60 establishments from 11 cities are taking part in the "Feast of the Belly."

Some Yekaterinburg schoolchildren will be moved to remote learning, and not because of the cold.

In Yekaterinburg, some students will be moved to remote learning on Friday, January 16. "Due to teachers being occupied with the regional practice OGE for ninth-graders, instruction will be conducted using remote learning technologies," the outlet EAN reports, quoting the message sent to parents.

Sverdlovsk residents were informed about a new way to book an appointment with a doctor.

Now residents of Sverdlovsk Oblast will be able to book a doctor's appointment via the MAX messenger. This was announced by the Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Denis Pasler. — The algorithm is simple: launch the "Appointment with a Doctor" app.

In the case of a Yekaterinburg woman who was doused with acid, her husband has been detained.

Her ex-husband has been detained on suspicion of involvement in the attack on a woman doused with acid in Yekaterinburg. An informed source told the publication "KP-Yekaterinburg."

The husband who ordered an acid attack on his wife was identified as the leader of a Yekaterinburg organized crime group.

Journalists in Yekaterinburg identified the man detained on Wednesday on suspicion of organizing an acid attack on his ex‑wife as Nikolai Ermakov, the leader of one of the organized crime groups.

In the Urals, a defendant accused of pedophilia failed to appear in court for the sentencing.

The convict, who had been evading serving a sentence for a serious crime, was detained yesterday, January 14, in Sverdlovsk Region by operatives of the Federal Penitentiary Service (GUFSIN), the press service of the regional penitentiary department reported.

On Sunday the traditional winter festival "Ice Storm" will be held at the Plotinka.

The traditional annual winter festival "Ice Storm" will be held on January 18, 2026, the last Sunday that the ice town in Historical Square is open.

In just one month the "NOT DARK" festival will take place in Uralmash Summer Park.

On February 14–15, 2026, 32 light installations from more than 40 artists will light up Uralmash Summer Park: Samarkand (Uzbekistan), Yekaterinburg, Moscow, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Perm, Chelyabinsk, Sergiev Posad — all coming together to create a space where the personal and the collective flow into one another through light.

The city faces restrictions. "Hockey Stars Week" will take place at UGMK Arena in Yekaterinburg.

The "Hockey Stars Week" festival will take place in Yekaterinburg for the first time at the UGMK Arena from February 6 to 8. As a result, traffic around the ice arena will be temporarily closed.

Terrorist attacks, accidents and corruption. The Transport Investigation Department summed up the results of 2025.

The Sverdlovsk Investigative Department for Transport investigated one-third more crimes in 2025 than in 2024. The number of serious and especially serious crimes increased by 45%, and corruption-related crimes by 54%.

Details have emerged about the murder of a man found with a bag over his head.

Details have emerged about the murder of 47-year-old Ilya Odushev, whose body was found with a bag over his head in the area of the Shartash Forest Park in Yekaterinburg. The man went missing on January 6 after leaving for a store and stopped making contact.

During the cold snap, the residents of Bogdanovich were left without heating.

In Bogdanovich, due to a major utility failure, residents were left without heating in -35°C temperatures. Utility workers are currently dealing with the aftermath. This was reported by Mayor Oleg Neyfeld.

The State Traffic Inspectorate announced the number of fatalities on roads in the Sverdlovsk Region during the New Year's holidays.

The State Traffic Inspectorate of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region, on the first working day after the long New Year holidays, summed up its work over those days. About 400 traffic police officers ensured road traffic safety each day, said the head of the Road Safety Promotion Department, Police Captain Galina Kravchenko.