A doctor reminded how to properly immerse oneself during Epiphany.

On January 19, all Orthodox Christians celebrate the Baptism of the Lord. On that day church services are held and the water is blessed. But the clergy consider plunging into an ice hole without taking part in the services or receiving communion a popular pastime.

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The commission did not admit New People and the LDPR to the contest for the position of mayor of Yekaterinburg. Following the second stage of the competition, the commission reviewing candidates for the post of head of Yekaterinburg recommended that Sverdlovsk Oblast Governor Denis Pasler submit four candidates to the Yekaterinburg City Duma for consideration and did not give its approval to two. 190 half-pairs of shoes and 200 sets of underwear for guests of the 'wedding' were seized by Koltsovo customs officers. Koltsovo customs officers compiled a top list of violations in 2025. In first place by frequency remains the illegal import and export of currency. In second place are violations related to the failure to declare goods required to be declared — 263 commercial consignments (193 last year), mainly from China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the UAE. A minor will be tried by a military court in Yekaterinburg for preparing a terrorist attack on the Sverdlovsk Railway. The Ural Transport Prosecutor’s Office has referred to court a criminal case concerning the preparation to commit a terrorist act on the Sverdlovsk Railway, the press service of the supervisory authority reports. 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. One person killed: a vehicle carrying shift workers veered into oncoming traffic on the Serov Highway. On the Serov highway near Severouralsk, a KIA swerved into oncoming traffic and collided with a truck. The moment of the accident was caught on a dashcam. This was reported by the traffic police of the Sverdlovsk Region. In Yekaterinburg, teenagers lured a girl out of her home and brutally beat her. In Yekaterinburg, a crowd of teenagers beat a 15-year-old schoolgirl; the victim sustained injuries. This was reported by the press service of the Prosecutor's Office of the Sverdlovsk Region.