Convicts in Sverdlovsk organized a cooking contest in a penal colony.

In the correctional center at Correctional Colony No. 12 in Nizhny Tagil, inmates held a culinary contest dedicated to traditional New Year dishes. The event took place in the run-up to 2026, the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region reported.

Residents of Yekaterinburg reported how much they want to earn in 2026.

Almost seven out of ten employed residents of Yekaterinburg plan to increase their incomes in 2026. City residents put their desired salary at an average of 114,000 rubles per month.

In Yekaterinburg, a child on a "bublik" knocked down a pensioner.

A child who was tubing in the Akademichesky District of Yekaterinburg knocked an elderly woman to the ground. The incident occurred in Preobrazhensky Park, where the girl was sliding down a hill on a "bublik" inner tube and flew onto the sidewalk at speed, a relative of the victim told the Fourth Channel.

Thousands of Sverdlovsk residents celebrated Christmas.

On the night of January 7 Orthodox Christians celebrated the Nativity of Christ. Many Sverdlovsk residents were in churches last night. As before, one of the largest services in Yekaterinburg was held at the Holy Trinity Cathedral.

See if you're one of them: four millionaires from Sverdlovsk Oblast don't know they're now millionaires.

The operator of the nationwide state lotteries "National Lottery", held on the initiative of the Russian Ministry of Finance, is seeking four residents of Sverdlovsk Oblast who have won the "Second Chance Year‑Round" promotion for participants in the "Mechtallion" lottery.

Sverdlovsk rescuers unexpectedly shut down their Telegram channel.

The press service of the Sverdlovsk Region's Ministry of Emergency Situations announced the closure of its Telegram channel. Operational and useful posts will no longer appear there, as they did for several years.

In Yekaterinburg, a drunken man with a knife tried to enter a Wildberries pickup point.

In Yekaterinburg, an intoxicated man armed with a knife attempted to gain entry to a Wildberries order pickup point, but during the incident he injured himself. According to a source at URA.RU in the emergency services, he intended to attack a young man but was detained by police.

Governor Pasler announced how much will be spent on healthcare in Sverdlovsk Oblast next year.

Sverdlovsk Oblast Governor Denis Pasler announced the allocation of 86 billion rubles for the modernization of the region's healthcare sector in 2026. "We will continue to modernize the region's medical facilities."

Another location with ice sculptures opens in Yekaterinburg on the eve of Christmas.

We have already published the program of events for the Christmas holidays in Yekaterinburg. One of the main events of the holidays will traditionally be the Ice Sculpture Festival, which is being held for the twentieth time in Yekaterinburg near the Church on the Blood.

Temperatures in the Sverdlovsk region will drop again to -33°C.

Frosty weather is once again moving in on Sverdlovsk Oblast. According to the Ural Hydrometeorological Center, on January 7 it will be partly cloudy, with light snow in places.

Sverdlovsk residents and tourists are standing in long lines for winter entertainment in Yekaterinburg.

In Yekaterinburg, the winter holidays are taking place amid a large influx of people: lines have formed at almost all of the city's popular festive venues. One of the most sought-after places has become the ice town in the Historical Square.

Work on an important interchange near "Kalina" in Yekaterinburg has resumed.

In Yekaterinburg, after the New Year holidays, work on the reconstruction of the transport interchange near the Kalina concern has resumed. Builders have resumed large-scale work on the interchange reconstruction: contractors will continue work on monolithic sections, on the installation of foundations and supports for the overpass, and on the construction of an underground pedestrian crossing, the "Yekaterinburg" Telegram channel reported.

Details of the fatal crash on the Serov Highway have emerged.

Traffic police officers have established the preliminary circumstances of the fatal road accident that occurred on the afternoon of January 5 near Nizhny Tagil. According to preliminary information, a 67-year-old resident of Nizhny Tagil was driving a Lada toward Serov.

Bastrykin has taken the investigation into a brawl between migrants and Russian citizens at a Wildberries warehouse in Yekaterinburg under his control.

The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, demanded a report on the progress of the investigation into the criminal case of attempted murder opened after a fight in Yekaterinburg.