"Not a woman's profession." A Serov resident has been named Russia's best IT librarian.

Ilya Novikov, a resident of Serov, won the IT category at the All‑Russian 'Librarian of the Year — 2025' competition held in Moscow, the Department of Information Policy of the Sverdlovsk Region reports.

Security forces cordoned off the area near a Yekaterinburg factory because of a child's pencil case.

On the evening of November 20, security forces cordoned off the area near the Uraltransmash plant. Law enforcement ruled out any possible danger to city residents.

A new four-lane section of the highway to Tyumen has been opened in Sverdlovsk Oblast.

In Sverdlovsk Oblast, the Tyumen Trakt was reopened after major repairs.

It was proposed to return Yekaterinburg's first-graders to kindergartens.

Yekaterinburg authorities have proposed addressing the shortage of places in primary schools by using half-empty kindergartens. According to Inna Gumbatova, head of Yekaterinburg’s education department, 339 kindergartens operate in the city, attended by 74,000 children aged one to seven.

In the Urals, a tenth-grader beat his father to death with a sledgehammer because he didn't want to study.

In Karabash, in the Chelyabinsk region, a tenth-grader killed his father with a sledgehammer because he did not want to study. The crime occurred in an educated family. The 10th-grade student did not want to study, which led to an argument with his father.

Widespread train delays have begun in Sverdlovsk Oblast due to a severe fire.

Widespread train delays have begun due to a major fire on the Shamary–Kordon section of the Sverdlovsk Railway. So far, 14 services have been postponed.

Kiosks will be returned to the streets of Yekaterinburg.

In Yekaterinburg, kiosks installed in residential courtyards are planned to be moved to city streets due to numerous complaints from residents. There are currently more than 700 such structures.

A well-known doctor who opened another maternity hospital in the city has died in Yekaterinburg.

A well-known physician, Lyubov Lebedeva, has died in Yekaterinburg. The staff of City Clinical Hospital No. 14 reports with deep sorrow the passing of Lyubov Mikhailovna Lebedeva, who died in her 83rd year.

It has become known which routes in Yekaterinburg will receive new buses.

Fifteen more new buses will be delivered to Yekaterinburg. According to the Telegram channel close to the mayor’s office, “Yekaterinburg. Glavnoe”, they will be distributed among three routes.

Sibagro products will start being produced in Sredneuralsk.

Within three years, Sibagro plans to launch food production at the Sredneuralsk food cluster. The food cluster in Sredneuralsk is a space where entrepreneurs from the Sverdlovsk Region and other regions of the country will be able to set up their own food production.

Production of legendary motorcycles has been suspended in Sverdlovsk Oblast.

Ural has suspended production of its classic motorcycles. Now the manufacturer is launching the Ural Neo line, being developed together with China's Yingang, Rossiyskaya Gazeta writes, citing a letter from the company's president, Ilya Khait.

More than $40,000 and €24,000: in Yekaterinburg, a pensioner gave scammers more than 21 million rubles.

In Yekaterinburg, a 66-year-old pensioner handed over more than 21 million rubles of savings to scammers at the instruction of an "FSB officer." According to the victim, in early November she received a video message on a messenger allegedly from a "bank employee," in which the "specialist" informed the recipient of an upcoming call from an "FSB representative."

Vehicle inspections in Sverdlovsk Oblast will become more expensive as of January 1, 2026.

From January 1, 2026, new maximum tariffs for conducting technical inspections of all types of transport will come into force in the Sverdlovsk Region. The REC is preparing to raise them by approximately 9%.

Will Alexey Orlov remain the mayor of Yekaterinburg?

The Presidium of the Regional Political Council of the Sverdlovsk Regional Branch of the United Russia party nominated Alexey Orlov for the position of head of the municipal formation 'city of Yekaterinburg'.