Shortly before his death, the hockey player who died after the match hit the boards hard (VIDEO)

The death of 39-year-old Yekaterinburg resident Alexander Krasovsky after a hockey game was preceded by a body check that caused him to hit the boards hard.

New trams were spotted on another route in Yekaterinburg.

The new three-section tram "Kastor" entered service for the first time on route No. 6 (Mashinostroiteley — Khalturina — city center — Central Park of Culture and Leisure).

Sverdlovsk Oblast ranked second-to-last nationwide in terms of doctor availability.

The availability of primary care medical personnel in Sverdlovsk Oblast is 1.4 people per 10,000 population (against a standard of 12.5 pediatricians per 10,000). Such figures are given in a ranking on the portal "If We're Being Exact", which relies on Rosstat information and departmental statistics.

A singer from Yekaterinburg received the "Golden Gramophone."

Yekaterinburg singer Klava Koka (real name Klavdiya Vysokova) has been awarded the Golden Gramophone. The Yekaterinburg native announced this on her Telegram channel after filming the show.

The scooter season in Yekaterinburg has ended.

Two kick-scooter sharing services out of the three operating in Yekaterinburg have ended their season. They are Whoosh and MTS Urent. Thus, 5.5 million trips were made on Whoosh during the summer of 2025.

The Yekaterinburg mayor's office has abandoned plans to privatize Gortrans.

Yekaterinburg authorities do not plan to privatize the municipal carrier "Gortrans" because of the transport reform. There is already plenty of trouble setting up operations under gross contracts.

A 25-year-old driver was killed on the bypass road in Yekaterinburg.

A VAZ driver was killed this morning, November 5, in Yekaterinburg on the Bypass Road. Officers of the State Traffic Inspectorate are working at the scene, the regional agency reports.

Yekaterinburg bailiffs identified a man who owed more than one million rubles in child support. To catch him, one of the bailiffs booked a massage appointment with the debtor, the Main Directorate of the Federal Bailiff Service for the Sverdlovsk Region clarified.

The child of a participant killed in the special military operation from Sverdlovsk Oblast was deprived of 1.5 million rubles.

In Nizhny Tagil, the child of a participant killed in the special military operation was left without a one-time payment of 1.5 million rubles. His mother applied for social support, but she was denied due to missed deadlines, the prosecutor’s office press service reported.

An earthquake was recorded near Yekaterinburg.

An earthquake occurred just 100 kilometers from Yekaterinburg. The information was published on the International Monitoring System's website. The earthquake was recorded on November 3 at 14:24 local time.

At the Botanicheskaya metro station, passengers were urgently evacuated from the train cars.

This morning, November 5, in Yekaterinburg at the Botanicheskaya metro station the train came to a standstill, and passengers were urgently asked to get out. - At "Botanicheskaya" the train stopped because someone forgot a bag.

In Yekaterinburg, a 39-year-old athlete died after a hockey match.

Alexander Krasovsky, a player for the Avtopapy hockey club (which competes in the Big Ural Hockey League), died in Yekaterinburg after the game on November 3.

A convicted criminal threatened to rape and kill a woman from Sverdlovsk, but a criminal case was opened against the victim.

In Sukhoy Log, a criminal beat and abused a woman, forced her to have sex with him and threatened to cut off her nipples. The woman managed to fight him off, but later she herself ended up in the dock.

Warm weather and snowfall are coming to the Sverdlovsk Region.

A warm atmospheric front is approaching Sverdlovsk Oblast, bringing snowfall and rising temperatures. By the end of the week the air will warm to +4 °C, with precipitation mostly moderate.