The mayor of Yekaterinburg announced the construction of new metro stations.

On the Day of Influenza and ARVI Prevention, doctors reminded people how to avoid getting sick. Today, January 21, on the Day for the Prevention of Influenza and ARVI, doctors reminded people how to avoid getting sick during a period of rising viral infections. After the long New Year holidays, an increase in ARVI and flu cases was recorded in the Sverdlovsk Region in the very first week back to work and school. The cost of constructing the interchange at "Kalina" exceeded 9 billion rubles. In Yekaterinburg, the cost of construction of the interchange near "Kalina" has risen to 9 billion 88 million rubles. The corresponding information appeared on the State Procurement portal. The head of the public organization "Social Assistance and Support for the Ivdel Mansi," Valery Zenkov, was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on the Ivdel–Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug highway on the evening of January 17. Russians can get money for yards that haven't been cleared of snow. Russians can demand that a criminal case be opened and receive compensation over uncleared snow in courtyards if people or property were harmed as a result. This was reported by Alexander Khaminsky, head of the Center for Law and Order in Moscow and the Moscow Region. In central Yekaterinburg, a fence by the bridge over the river collapsed because of drifting foreign cars. Residents of Yekaterinburg noticed this morning, January 19, that several sections of the metal railing on the bridge over the Iset River on Kuybysheva Street had fallen into the river. The Ural presidential envoy explained why a second metro line is not being built in Yekaterinburg. The Plenipotentiary Representative of the President in the Ural Federal District, Artyom Zhoga, commented on the possibilities of a large-scale expansion of the metro in Yekaterinburg. According to him, the project's fate directly depends on federal priorities and levels of funding, and key decisions are made at the level of the Russian government.