On the first working day in Yekaterinburg, a tram went off the rails.

In Yekaterinburg early on January 12, a tram derailed on Chelyuskintsev Street. At the Chelyuskintsev transport hub, in the area of the Chelyuskintsev Street stop, traffic toward Pionerskaya is temporarily disrupted.

RMK's giant slide in Yekaterinburg is closing.

The girl who miraculously survived a terrible accident in Revda took her first steps after the incident.

The girl who survived a horrific car accident in Revda, Sverdlovsk Oblast, in which two of her friends, aged 7 and 9, were killed, has begun taking her first steps after the tragedy. The child's mother told the publication URA.RU about this.

A dog raised in Yekaterinburg set off to work at the edge of the world.

Labrador retriever Sparta flew from Yekaterinburg to Yelizovo Airport in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky before the New Year. Since last summer she had been undergoing training with the canine service of Koltsovo Airport, one of the oldest in the country.

Snowfall paralyzed traffic on the M-5.

Traffic restrictions for passenger buses, route taxis and freight vehicles on the M-5 "Ural" highway in the Chelyabinsk Region have been extended until the end of the day.

Temperatures below −30°C will linger in Sverdlovsk Oblast for a long time immediately after the holidays.

Severe January frosts will arrive in Sverdlovsk Oblast as early as tomorrow, January 12, on the first working day after the long New Year holidays. According to the Ural Hydrometeorological Center, the cold spell will last about a week.

A town in Sverdlovsk Oblast was left without water and heat ahead of freezing temperatures.

Nearly 11,000 residents of Sverdlovsk Oblast were left without heating due to a utility accident. In Kushva, the boiler plant was shut down, causing hot water and heating to stop reaching 189 apartment buildings and 104 private houses, as well as social facilities — kindergartens, schools, and the district hospital.

Sverdlovsk residents have been told which destinations they can now fly to at subsidized prices.

In 2026, subsidized-fare flights from Yekaterinburg to a number of Russian cities are planned to be launched. This was announced by Sverdlovsk Oblast Governor Denis Pasler.

The mother of many children who was killed by a train in the Sverdlovsk Region had also lost her husband 10 years ago.

The 46-year-old Yekaterinburg resident who died on the railway tracks left behind three children. According to her friend, about ten years ago the woman had already suffered a tragedy: her husband was killed by a train.

It became known why a passenger bus in Yekaterinburg crashed into a pole.

In Yekaterinburg, on Kraul Street, the driver of passenger bus No. 49 suffered a stroke while driving. Due to his deteriorating condition, he lost control of the vehicle, veered off the roadway and crashed into a pole.

The former mayor of Sverdlovsk, who had recently resigned, has died.

In the Nizhneserginsky District, the former head of the municipality, Valery Yeremeyev, who had left the post only two months ago, died. His death was reported by the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Sverdlovsk Region, Tatyana Merzlyakova, on her VKontakte page.

The Ministry of Defense is re-establishing a higher command school in the Urals.

The Russian Ministry of Defense plans to open three military universities in 2026, including one in the Urals. Enrollment of cadets is planned to be resumed at the Chelyabinsk Tank School, the Ulyanovsk Aviation School, and the Novocherkassk Signal School, RBC reports, citing Izvestia.

"You again?!" A woman from the Urals was denied a sick-leave certificate.

In Chelyabinsk, a polyclinic refused to issue a sick-leave certificate to a local resident, even though the day before she had even called an ambulance because of a respiratory viral infection. As Chelyabinsk resident Victoria recounted, on the evening of January 7 she was unable to go to work at a food service establishment because her condition had worsened.

"They knew what they were getting into": Tagil's "Snegurochkas" shamed on social media for "openness"

A performance featuring Snow Maidens from Nizhny Tagil caused a stir on local social media after some viewers found their outfits and dance moves not very decent, the Telegram channel "Fourth Channel" reports.