The Liza Alert team in Sverdlovsk Oblast ranked among the top five by number of citizen requests.

In terms of the number of missing-person search requests, the LizaAlert unit in Sverdlovsk Oblast ranked 5th in 2025 out of 66 regions with LizaAlert, the Sverdlovsk search team's page on VKontakte reports.

In Yekaterinburg, a participant in the 1945 capture of Berlin died at the age of 102.

On Thursday, January 8, 2026, Erik Yakovlevich Kalugin, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War and an honorary citizen of Sverdlovsk Oblast and of the city of Yekaterinburg, died, the administration of the Oktyabrsky District of Yekaterinburg reported.

An elderly reckless driver from Yekaterinburg caused a multi-vehicle crash in Kamensk-Uralsky.

In Kamensk-Uralsky, the State Traffic Inspectorate is establishing the circumstances of a multi-vehicle crash with injuries. The accident occurred on Friday, January 9, at around 2:20 p.m. at the intersection of Pushkin and Michurin streets, the Office of the Russian State Traffic Inspectorate for the Sverdlovsk Region said on Saturday.

Two planes were unable to depart from Koltsovo for Moscow due to abnormal snowfall.

Two planes scheduled to depart for Sheremetyevo this morning were, by decision of their crews during pre‑flight preparations, forced to return to their parking stands at Koltsovo Airport.

Three people, including an 81-year-old woman, were injured in a traffic accident on the Serovsky Tract.

The Russian State Traffic Inspectorate in Sverdlovsk Oblast reported an accident that left three people injured on Friday afternoon, January 9, on the Serovsky Trakt.

In Yekaterinburg, a motorcyclist was setting off fireworks while riding.

In Yekaterinburg, a motorcyclist set off fireworks while behind the wheel. Eyewitnesses captured the daredevil at the intersection of Amundsen and Moskovskaya streets, reports "KP-Yekaterinburg".

Tickets for the "Old New Rock" festival have sold out.

Online registration is closed for the "Old New Rock" festival in Yekaterinburg, which will take place on January 11 at the Ural Cultural Center.

A top manager from Sverdlovsk had three passenger cars seized.

Three cars belonging to a top manager from Kamensk-Uralsky, accused of commercial bribery, were seized. This was reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee for the Sverdlovsk Region.

A man from Sverdlovsk killed an acquaintance and desecrated her corpse. He was arrested 11 years later.

A resident of Novouralsk killed an acquaintance and desecrated her body. This happened 11 years ago, but the perpetrator was only recently detained. According to the investigation, on November 22, 2015, the man argued with the owner of an apartment on Churina Street, after which he stabbed her to death.

In Yekaterinburg, a train ran over and killed a woman from the Urals.

A train fatally struck a woman in Yekaterinburg. It happened on the morning of January 8 at Severka station. The information has already been confirmed by the Investigative Committee for Transport.

A dancer from Sverdlovsk died on the day of her husband's funeral; he had been killed in the special military operation.

In Kamensk-Uralsky, on the day of the funeral of a participant in the special military operation, dancer Tatyana Shishina died. This was reported by representatives of the Shafran studio where she trained.

Five buses were destroyed by fire at a Sverdlovsk bus depot.

In Alapaevsk, a fire at the bus depot destroyed five buses at once. According to local residents, the incident occurred as early as December 24, 2025. - Two more buses are being prepared for repair.

A geomagnetic storm will once again hit Sverdlovsk Oblast.

A geomagnetic storm is expected in Sverdlovsk Oblast today, January 9. This was reported by the Laboratory of Solar Astronomy of IKI RAN. Experts assessed the storm's impact as minor.

Yekaterinburg residents complained about a malfunction at a movie theater in a shopping mall.

Yekaterinburg residents reported a malfunction at the cinema in the Omega shopping center. Locals wanted to watch the film "Cheburashka 2". "We sat for more than 30 minutes with the screen off; the film never started."