A street in central Yekaterinburg will remain closed until August 1.

Construction crews have extended the closure of Karl Marx Street to traffic until August 1, 2026. The street will be closed from Gogol Street to Rosa Luxemburg Street. This is due to construction work, the installation of utility networks, and landscaping on Engels Street and Karl Marx Street.

The speaker of the Duma in a city in Sverdlovsk Oblast was removed from his post for corruption. He was handcuffed right during the meeting.

In Krasnoufimsk, Duma speaker Anatoly Khudyakov, who was handcuffed during a session in March, has been dismissed. The reason was violations of anti-corruption legislation.

Sverdlovsk police thwarted a fraudulent scheme to obtain government subsidies.

Sverdlovsk police officers, while examining citizens' appeals and complaints and following up on operational information, uncovered violations in the activities of one of Kachkanar's transport companies that provides passenger transportation in the region.

Larisa Dolina will not be "cut" from the broadcasts of New Year's shows.

Larisa Dolina, like everyone else, will sing in New Year’s musical programs on federal television. Viewers will see her performances on Channel One and the Rossiya TV channel.

Meteorologists reported temperatures dropping to −42 degrees Celsius in Sverdlovsk Oblast.

The Sverdlovsk Region will get much colder for a day. Meteorologists reported that in the north temperatures could drop to -42 degrees Celsius. According to the Hydrometeorological Center, variable cloudiness is expected on December 25, mostly without precipitation, with hoarfrost in places.

A Sverdlovsk resident hid a corpse in a basement for 14 years.

In Berezovsky, 41-year-old Prishchanovo resident Rustam Kadyrov was sentenced to 16 years in a maximum-security penal colony. He killed an acquaintance and dumped her body in the basement of a farm.

The protagonist of GTA San Andreas moved to Yekaterinburg.

The protagonist of the cult game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas visited Yekaterinburg with the help of a neural network. — Yekaterinburg in the style of GTA San Andreas. Carl Johnson (CJ) climbed up to the Vysotsky observation deck, took a selfie with Gena Bukin, cooled off with kvass at the Plotinka and cracked sunflower seeds while strolling along Vaynera, — Ura.Ru quotes the video's creator.

Yekaterinburg did not make the list of Russian cities with the highest pre-New Year spending.

Yekaterinburg did not appear on RTVI's list of large Russian cities that had spent large sums on their New Year decorations. According to the infographic, Saint Petersburg spent the most on these efforts.

The court has seized the property of a Yekaterinburg deputy.

Investigators from the Kurgan Region, as part of a criminal case, seized the property of Yekaterinburg City Duma deputy Vitaly Chachin. — The property of Yekaterinburg City Duma deputy Chachin has been seized at the request of the investigators.

Ombudswoman Merzlyakova: Black widows have sprung up around the Special Military Operation in Yekaterinburg

In Sverdlovsk Oblast, cases have been recorded of the activities of two "black widows" who defraud fighters of the special military operation. This was reported by the region's human rights commissioner, Tatyana Merzlyakova.

The chief physician of Yekaterinburg City Clinical Hospital No. 40 is leaving to take a job within UMMC.

In Yekaterinburg, the chief physician of City Clinical Hospital No. 40, Alexander Prudkov, is resigning after 15 years in the post, Kommersant‑Ural reports. In 2026 he will move to the multidisciplinary clinic UGMK‑Health, the hospital said.

Alexey Orlov, the mayor of Yekaterinburg, announced what will ultimately happen to the Khimash Cultural Center.

The mayor of Yekaterinburg said that the Khimmash House of Culture will not be preserved in its current form; it's easier to build a new cultural center. He said this on the air of the Fourth Channel.

Mayor Orlov announced what has changed in public transportation in Yekaterinburg.

The head of Yekaterinburg, Alexey Orlov, spoke on the Fourth Channel about the interim results of the transport reform that began in the city a year ago.

Sverdlovsk Railway has scheduled additional trains on the "Evening Yekaterinburg" route.

Sverdlovsk Railway has scheduled additional runs of the retro train "Ural Express." The decision was made to meet increased demand from residents and visitors of Yekaterinburg for tourist trips during the New Year holidays, the Sverdlovsk Railway press service said.