A man frozen in the ice was found on a Ural lake.

At Lake Maloye Miassovo in the Chelyabinsk Region, the body of a 61-year-old man was found. He died after going out onto thin ice. This was reported by the region's search and rescue service.

In a settlement in Sverdlovsk Oblast, a Ford driver took his eyes off the road and fatally struck a 14-year-old schoolgirl on a zebra crossing.

In Novoutkinsk, a settlement in the Sverdlovsk Region, the driver of a Ford Fusion fatally struck a 14-year-old schoolgirl at an uncontrolled pedestrian crossing. The State Traffic Inspectorate of the Sverdlovsk Region reported that it all happened this morning, December 1, at 8:45 a.m. on Karl Marx Street.

Analysts revealed how much residents of Sverdlovsk need to save for a mortgage down payment.

Sverdlovsk Oblast ranked 21st among the country’s regions in terms of the time required to save for a mortgage down payment. According to analysts’ calculations, residents of the region need more than three years to accumulate the necessary amount.

Meteorologists have reported whether Sverdlovsk residents should expect a real winter and snow in December.

This coming December in Sverdlovsk Oblast will be warm. This was reported by the Ural Hydrometeorological Center, citing the Russian Hydrometeorological Center. The average monthly temperature will be about 1°C above the climatological norm (usually from −11 to −14°C, and in the far north around −15 to −16°C).

Scammers convinced a young man from Sverdlovsk to go to Sakhalin.

A missing 20-year-old resident of Kamensk-Uralsky was found on Sakhalin. The young man was forced to go there by scammers, the MVD-Media website reports.

A huge traffic jam has formed in the center of Yekaterinburg.

In Yekaterinburg, Lenin Avenue was closed on the morning of December 1. As previously reported, this will affect the stretch of road from Lunacharsky Street to Bazhova Street. Drivers told the portal Uralweb.ru that they can no longer turn onto Lenin from Vostochnaya Street.

A teenager from Yekaterinburg climbed onto the roof of a high-rise residential complex.

In Yekaterinburg a teenage daredevil climbed onto the roof of a high-rise in the Forum residential complex. This was reported by the Telegram channel Ural Mash. — "The young roof climber chose the Forum residential complex and climbed to a height from which the entire city center is as if on the palm of your hand," the tsh-channel writes.

"Zhiznmart" leads: regional retailers' franchises continue to shrink

Since early 2025, the popularity of franchises of regional retail chains has begun to decline. As a result, the number of stores of "Domashkino", "Zhiznmart" and "Malinka" has fallen by 9.6–14.9%.

Lenin Avenue in Yekaterinburg will be closed on December 1.

On the morning of December 1, Lenin Avenue in Yekaterinburg will be closed to traffic for an hour. The section between Bazhova and Lunacharsky streets will be blocked. The closure will last from 9:45 to 10:45.

As of December 1, the method for calculating heating charges in Yekaterinburg will change.

From December 1, a new scheme for calculating heating charges will be introduced in Yekaterinburg: annual increases will not exceed 3%. The transition into the heat‑supply pricing zone is secured by ten‑year agreements between the mayor’s office and PJSC T Plus and JSC ETK, which define pricing rules and the suppliers’ obligations.

Sverdlovsk schoolchildren dismantled a car for parts in front of passersby.

In Kamensk‑Uralsky, residents of houses on Kamenskaya Street noticed teenagers who were taking a car apart piece by piece. This was reported on the "Overheard Kamensk‑Uralsky" community on VKontakte. The footage shows how three teenagers literally trashed the car.

A child walking on the ice was seen again on Preobrazhensky Pond in "Akadem" (VIDEO)

On the frozen Preobrazhensky Pond in the Akademichesky district, witnesses noticed a child walking on thin, not-yet-solid ice while holding a phone. The Telegram channel "Zloy Yekaterinburg" published the video from a local community page.

A pig roaming the city was spotted again in Revda (VIDEO)

In Revda, eyewitnesses again filmed a pig rooting up the ground with its snout in an unauthorized area. Earlier this week it was reported that a court had ordered the pigs seized from a local farmer who lets his herd roam free and temporarily transferred to another farm.

"Ъ": Former Sverdlovsk Region housing and utilities minister Smirnov testified against former governor Kuyvashev

The former minister of energy and housing and communal services of the Sverdlovsk Region gave several statements against the region’s former governor, Evgeny Kuyvashev, in the OTSK case (a subsidiary of Oblkommunenergo), Kommersant‑Ural has learned.