A priest was detained in Sverdlovsk Oblast for justifying terrorism.

A criminal case has been opened against the priest from Verkhoturye, Evgeny Pinchuk, on charges of "public justification of terrorism or propaganda of terrorism".

20% off tickets to a dazzling rock show bathed in the glow of a thousand candles by the MUSE Orchestra.

On October 22 in Yekaterinburg, rock music will be heard in a completely new interpretation: not a classical orchestra by candlelight, but MUSE will present at the Railway Workers' Palace of Culture an exclusive premiere — the concert "ROCK: Beyond Time and Space".

Another ice town with a giant slide will be built in Yekaterinburg.

Yekaterinburg will get another ice town with an ice rink, a Christmas tree and a huge slide. It will be built in the "Archangel Michael" quarter behind "Mega".

A tanker overturned at the entrance to a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, blocking the road.

This afternoon, October 17, at the entrance to Revda on Respublikanskaya Street, a tanker overturned off a trailer platform. No one was injured in the accident, but access to the city was impeded.

Sverdlovsk drivers are queuing up for vehicle inspections.

In Sverdlovsk Oblast, car owners have been queuing at vehicle inspection stations for several days. Those who fail to meet the allotted deadlines are being fined, and their license plates are being removed from their cars.

A 24-story office building will be built in the Yekaterinburg‑City quarter.

A 24-story office center will be built in the Yekaterinburg‑City quarter. The company UGMK‑Zastroyshchik has received a construction permit.

As of January 20, 2026, the rules for crossing the Russian border for children under 14 will change.

As of January 20, 2026, new requirements of the "Procedure for Exit from and Entry into the Russian Federation" will take effect. The birth certificate has been removed from the list of documents valid for crossing the state border of the Russian Federation by Russian citizens under 14 years of age.

The parents of "train surfers" said they didn't mind their children taking part in such activities.

Five teenagers caught during a raid targeting "train-surfers" at Vtorchermet, together with their parents, were summoned to a commission in the Chkalovsky District. Representatives of the Juvenile Affairs Unit of Police Department No. 12 and the district prosecutor's office participated in the October 16 meeting.

Vegetables and eggs have become more expensive again in Sverdlovsk Oblast.

Vegetable prices have risen significantly in the Sverdlovsk Region. Potatoes, cabbage, onions, carrots, cucumbers and tomatoes have become more expensive, according to Sverdlovskstat.

At a shopping center in Yekaterinburg, two young men detonated a grenade.

On the evening of October 16, on the first floor of the Park House shopping center, two young men detonated an airsoft grenade they had purchased there at the gun shop.

Another Yekaterinburg journalist has died in the special military operation.

RIA Novosti military correspondent Ivan Zuev was killed in the area of the special military operation in Zaporizhzhia Oblast after a strike by a Ukrainian drone. Zuev worked in Yekaterinburg for the publication Oktagon together with another Ural war correspondent, Rostislav Zhuravlyov.

In Yekaterinburg, a body was found beneath the windows of an apartment building.

This morning, October 17, residents of the building at 19 Soboleva Street in Yekaterinburg found a body beneath the windows. It appears the person fell from a window. Locals heard a crash at around 6:45 a.m.

The best restaurants in Yekaterinburg have been selected.

In Yekaterinburg, the best restaurants of the Urals were chosen. They were awarded the prestigious industry award WhereToEat, reports the E1.RU portal. One hundred establishments were noted, but ten were recognized as the best (these are restaurants from the entire Ural Federal District): Culta; Self Edge Japanese; Kitchen; Gastroli; Gorozhane; Gady, Kraby i Vino; Cremant (Tyumen); Soyka; Sicilia (Chelyabinsk); Chum (Tyumen).

"It destroys the family": a Sverdlovsk public figure spoke out against maternity capital for the first child

Activist Alexey Danilin on OTV proposed renaming the maternity capital to "family capital" and also stopping payments for the first child.