A Yekaterinburg court refused to return to a pensioner the apartment that had been sold under the "Dolina scheme".

The Verkh-Isetsky District Court of Yekaterinburg refused to return an apartment to a pensioner which she had sold in order to give the money to scammers. This was reported by the joint press service of the courts of Sverdlovsk Region.

Yekaterinburg plans to set up new dedicated lanes for trams and buses.

In Yekaterinburg this year they plan to separate 48 kilometers of tram tracks and 8.4 kilometers of dedicated bus lanes. This follows from a resolution approved by Mayor Alexey Orlov.

Astronomers at UrFU have made a breakthrough discovery in space.

Scientists from the Laboratory of Astrochemistry at Ural Federal University made an important discovery: they found "laughing gas" — nitrous oxide (N₂O) — in interstellar ices.

Ural Airlines officially warned of deviations in the schedule

Ural Airlines on possible schedule deviations. It’s all due to anomalous frosts that have hit the Urals. In Yekaterinburg the air temperature fell to −32°C, and at night the temperature on the runway was recorded at −37°C. Arrivals and departures of aircraft to/from Koltsovo Airport are currently operating normally; however, small schedule deviations are possible due to the need for additional heating of aircraft systems, engines and the cabin, the airline’s press service said.

In Russia, it was proposed that cadets pay for each attempt to pass the driving test.

In Russia, a proposal was made to introduce a fee for each attempt to take the driving test — from 4,000 to 6,000 rubles. The initiative was put forward by the deputy chairman of the All‑Russian Society of Motorists, Vladimir Korobchak.

A "lake" of feces appeared in Yekaterinburg.

On Okrainnaya Street, between houses 35 and 36, a utility accident occurred that resulted in an entire lake of sewage. It was covered with snow, and then the feces were gathered into a pile.

Sverdlovsk parents complained to Mizulina that their children are being forced to attend school.

Yekaterinburg residents complained to Yekaterina Mizulina that their children are being forced to go to school in the freezing cold. Sverdlovsk residents told the head of the Safe Internet League that several schools have already switched to remote learning because of the bad weather.

Restaurants in Yekaterinburg have begun closing en masse.

In Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk, chef-owned restaurants and bars operating in the mid-price segment have begun to close. They cannot withstand rising costs and declining customer traffic.

The coldest day in 54 years: a temperature record was broken again in Yekaterinburg.

Meteorologist Alexey Pulin, the author of the Telegram channel "Weather in Yekaterinburg", reported that 22 January 2026 was the coldest day in the city in the past 54 years.

UrFU cancels master's and bachelor's programs.

Vladimir Putin signed a decree expanding the project to transition to a new national system of higher education. The Ural Federal University (UrFU) was included among the participants in the experiment.

Residents of Yekaterinburg waited more than a day for a flight to the UAE.

A flight from Yekaterinburg to Sharjah (UAE) is delayed by more than a day. This is reported on the online departures board of Koltsovo Airport. The Air Arabia flight was scheduled to depart at 01:50 on January 22.

Tram services in central Yekaterinburg have been changed due to the condition of the tracks.

In Yekaterinburg, tram operations in both directions on Radishchev Street have been temporarily altered due to freezing temperatures and the condition of the tram tracks. Temporary route changes involving single-car trams are being introduced.

“So that this doesn't happen…” A Special Military Operation fighter from Yekaterinburg painted a picture for his fellow townspeople of Russia's defeat.

Platon Mamatov, a volunteer in the special military operation who in his previous civilian life was a well-known PR specialist in Yekaterinburg, urged everyone to take as seriously as possible the statements by Russian politicians that the West intends to partition the Russian Federation.

Public transport in Yekaterinburg will run more slowly.

Due to the freezing temperatures, public transport in Yekaterinburg will run slower. The Telegram channel "Transport News of Yekaterinburg" reports: "Due to weather conditions, temporary speed restrictions have been imposed on city transport!"