Two teenagers who decided to celebrate the New Year with a group of friends died in Sverdlovsk Oblast.

The Serov City Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation into the deaths of two teenagers in a fire at a private house in the SNT "Yubileyny" in the settlement of Medyankino.

In Yekaterinburg, the discount for public transport has stopped working.

As of January 1, 2026, the QR-code payment discount for public transport in Yekaterinburg was discontinued. The promotion, which allowed passengers to save between 4 and 13 rubles per trip, had been in effect since October 2024.

The driver of a Lada Kalina caused a head-on collision on a Sverdlovsk highway and died at the scene.

On a highway near Nizhny Tagil, a 49-year-old driver of a Lada Kalina veered into the oncoming lane, causing a head-on collision with an Opel Meriva. He was killed, and the female passenger of the other car was also seriously injured.

An infection nearly destroyed the spine of a Sverdlovsk ambulance driver.

Neurosurgeons at the Sverdlovsk Regional Hospital for War Veterans performed a complex two-stage spinal surgery on a 52-year-old ambulance driver.

Meteorologists announced the precise weather forecast for New Year's Eve in Sverdlovsk Oblast.

On the night of January 1 the Sverdlovsk Region will have moderately frosty weather. According to the Ural Hydrometeorological Center, on December 31 the region will be cloudy with occasional clearings, with light snow in places and hoarfrost at night.

An accountant in Yekaterinburg was convicted for "kickbacks" on the supply of vegetables to kindergartens.

The Ordzhonikidzevsky District Court in Yekaterinburg sentenced the former head of the branch of the Centralized Accounting Department for Educational Institutions, Ekaterina Klimova, to 3 years and 7 months in a general-regime penal colony for accepting bribes.

Security forces carried out a raid targeting migrants at Koltsovo Airport.

In Yekaterinburg, another raid was carried out targeting former migrants who had acquired Russian citizenship but had not registered for military service. The operation involved officers from the city military-investigative department of the Investigative Committee of Russia, the police and the military commissariat of the Chkalovsky District, the publication "KP-Yekaterinburg" reports, citing the press service of the Military Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for the Central Military District.

A café in Pionersky was closed because of unsanitary conditions.

In Yekaterinburg, at 37 Vilonova Street, court bailiffs closed the Sofia café due to violations of sanitary requirements. Because of the cleaning and cooking methods, people could easily have suffered food poisoning there.

In Solnechny, a fast-food shop caught fire.

The day before, on December 29 at 18:42, a fast-food shop at the rink in Solnechny on Chempionov Street caught fire. According to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Sverdlovsk Region, insulation in the outlet ignited, after which the fire damaged the premises' roof.

All the money was debited from a bank card of a pensioner in the Urals to pay a non-existent debt.

A Chelyabinsk pensioner is trying to recover money that was debited from her bank card for a non-existent debt. This was reported by State Duma deputy Valery Gartung.

Ural Airlines denied reports of a ghost plane on the Istanbul–Yekaterinburg flight.

The information that has appeared on many Telegram channels about the so‑called "ghost" Ural Airlines plane that failed to arrive in Istanbul, Turkey, to pick up residents of Yekaterinburg is false.

A young American actor listens to "Kuraru" and "Kino".

American actor Iain Armitage listened to Russian bands this year. Actor Iain Armitage (English: Iain Armitage), who is now 17 years old, shared his year‑end summary on Spotify, reports KP‑Yekaterinburg.

Meteorologists reported what the weather will be like during the New Year holidays in Sverdlovsk Oblast.

During the New Year holidays it will be relatively warm in Sverdlovsk Oblast and Yekaterinburg. After December 31, the air temperature will be noticeably higher. This forecast comes from forecasters at Yandex Weather.

A "legendary" cafe is being demolished in Yekaterinburg.

In Yekaterinburg, authorities have begun the forced demolition of the well-known city café "Kaspiy," which for many years had served as a meeting place, including for members of the Azerbaijani diaspora.