In Yekaterinburg they wanted to make life easier for kiosk owners so that they would return.

One of the issues being discussed by the working group under Yekaterinburg Mayor Alexey Orlov, as part of addressing the problem of non-stationary retail outlets (NTOs), has been the relaxation of requirements for kiosks selling printed publications.

A ten-month-old baby was injured on the Perm Trakt due to the fault of a reckless driver in an oncoming car.

A multi-vehicle crash that injured four people, including a 10-month-old child, occurred yesterday on the Moskovsky Trakt near Pervouralsk, the State Traffic Inspectorate of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region reported.

In Yekaterinburg, a body was found in a taxi. A source confirmed this to KP-Yekaterinburg. The body was found in the car near the building at 13 Panelnaya Street in the ZhBI area.

A "zoo Snow Maiden" was chosen at the Yekaterinburg Zoo.

At the Yekaterinburg Zoo, a zoo Snow Maiden was chosen by popular vote. The contest among the zoo's white-coated residents was announced on the zoo's social media ahead of the New Year.

The former lead singer of Bad Boys Blue made Andrey Rozhkov of Ural Pelmeni's childhood dream come true.

Andrey Rozhkov, an actor from "Ural Pelmeni," fulfilled a long-standing dream from his school days by singing together with his childhood idol — the lead singer of Bad Boys Blue, Kevin McCoy.

Actor Mikhail Galustyan slid down Russia's tallest slide in Yekaterinburg.

Actors Mikhail Galustyan and Alexander Revva visited the "RMK Energy. Winter" festival, which opened on Sunday, December 28 in Yekaterinburg. Among other things, they personally tried the tallest tubing hill in Russia (riding on inner tubes).

Bastrykin will oversee the criminal case into the street beating of a teacher in Yekaterinburg.

The head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, has taken under his control the investigation of a criminal case opened over unlawful actions against a resident of Yekaterinburg in the presence of her minor child.

Three members of the same family in the Urals were added to the list of terrorists and extremists.

Three residents of the settlement of Verkhneye Dubrovo (Beloyarsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast), who are relatives, were added to Rosfinmonitoring's list of extremists and terrorists.

Sverdlovsk police officers rescued a truck driver who was misled by his GPS.

In Sverdlovsk Oblast, traffic police officers helped the driver of a heavy truck who got into a difficult situation due to severe frost. A report of the incident was received by the duty unit of the Irbit Municipal Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs: at the 91st kilometre of the Kamyshlov–Irbit–Turinsk–Tavda road a semi-trailer truck had completely blocked the highway.

The mayor of Yekaterinburg, Orlov, met with the child who appealed to President Vladimir Putin.

The head of Yekaterinburg, Alexey Orlov, met with an 11-year-old boy who had contacted the program "Year in Review with Vladimir Putin." The boy asked the head of state to make the Pushkin Card, which allows young people to attend cultural events for free, available to children from the age of 11.

Yekaterinburg medical institutions continue to refuse to perform abortions.

The private network of medical clinics "Harmony" has decided to stop performing abortions. This was announced on the air of the "Fourth Channel" by the director of the medical center, Leonid Khayutin.

But what about New Year's? A cold snap bringing temperatures down to -30°C is once again approaching Sverdlovsk Oblast.

The last few days of the outgoing year will be frosty for residents of Sverdlovsk. According to the Hydrometeorological Center, a significant cold snap is once again expected in the north of the region.

A woman from Yekaterinburg who tried to get back a sold car using the "Dolina scheme" lost her court case.

A resident of Yekaterinburg who fell victim to fraudsters and acted according to the "Dolina scheme" was unable to recover the sold car through the courts. The court found that the sale had been concluded of her own free will, despite psychological pressure from the fraudsters.

It has been revealed how much it will cost to slide down the tallest slide in Russia, which is located in Yekaterinburg.

Today, December 28, a new space for active winter entertainment, "RMK. Energy. Winter," will open in Yekaterinburg's Archangel Michael sports quarter.