Yekaterinburg Zoo asks for help choosing a Snow Maiden (PHOTO)

In the run-up to the New Year, the Yekaterinburg Zoo invites city residents to choose a snow-white zoo Snegurochka from among its animals. Every year we traditionally award the titles of zoo-mister and zoo-miss.

A long-haul truck driver suddenly died in Yekaterinburg.

The driver of a heavy truck from Vladikavkaz was found dead in his vehicle near warehouses in the Chkalovsky district of Yekaterinburg, writes URA.RU. The body of the 67-year-old man was found on December 22 in a Mercedes vehicle, a source in the emergency services told URA.RU.

"Quiet Center." In Yekaterinburg they are pouring the foundation for yet another new neighborhood.

The residential quarter "Tikhiy Center" will be built in several phases in central Yekaterinburg. Its construction on a plot bounded by Chelyuskintsev, Beringa and Geroev Rossii streets was started by the company Sinara-Development.

A route to Yekaterinburg's most New Year–themed spots has been launched.

A New Year's route has been "mapped out" in Yekaterinburg. As a result, 50 locations — various installations, venues and decorated buildings — have appeared on the city's festive map.

The Prosecutor General's Office will inspect the construction near the Ural presidential envoy's office in Yekaterinburg.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation will investigate the project to build high-rise buildings in the protected zone near the building of the Ural presidential envoy’s office in Yekaterinburg. An appeal from citizens was submitted to the Prosecutor General’s Office, EAN news agency reports.

Where can you fly from Yekaterinburg during the New Year holidays?

During the New Year's holidays, passengers at Koltsovo Airport will have access to around 80 destinations. From December 31 to January 12, flights from Yekaterinburg are scheduled on 49 domestic and 31 international routes.

A multi-vehicle crash occurred on the road to the Novo-Sverdlovskaya CHP.

The circumstances of a collision involving four vehicles are being investigated by officers of the Sverdlovsk Region’s State Traffic Inspectorate. The accident occurred today at the 3rd kilometer of the Berezovsky-Novo-Sverdlovskaya CHP road.

Traffic is restricted on the Yekaterinburg-Serov highway due to a truck fire.

A temporary traffic restriction has been imposed at the 29th kilometer of the Serov Trakt in Verkhnepyshminsky District due to a cargo truck fire, the Russian State Traffic Inspectorate for the Sverdlovsk Region reported on Tuesday.

Non-local "passenger" jailed for fifteen days for drunken brawl at Koltsovo

Officers of the Line Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia at Koltsovo Airport detained and held administratively liable a 49‑year‑old resident of Voronezh for disorderly conduct, the press service of the Transport Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Ural Federal District reported yesterday.

The mother who killed three children in Yekaterinburg three years ago has been placed in a closed clinic.

On Saturday, December 26, it will be exactly two years since the tragedy that shook the residents of Yekaterinburg just days before the most anticipated holiday of the year.

Alexey Fayustov's candidacy wins the election for dean of the Faculty of Journalism at Ural Federal University.

Alexey Fayustov’s candidacy was supported during the vote in the election for dean of the Faculty of Journalism at UrFU. On a five-point scale he scored 4.65, the counting commission reported, Kommersant‑Ural writes.

In Yekaterinburg, kiosks will be placed according to a new plan.

In Yekaterinburg, an updated plan for the placement of non‑stationary retail outlets will be developed. As part of the new concept, around a thousand official sites in the city will be identified, which will later be put up for auction.

Police officers helped a family in a car that had broken down on the Serov Trakt.

Traffic police officers assisted a family who were stranded on a highway on a winter night in a broken-down car, the Traffic Police Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region reports.

A large Sverdlovsk enterprise failed to pay its employees more than half a billion rubles.

The bailiffs of Sverdlovsk Region secured repayment of wage arrears owed to the employees of LLC "ESC Energomost" totaling more than 653.5 million rubles.