Russian court rules to deport Polish rock band BehemothThe Oktyabrsky District Court of Yekaterinburg has ruled to deport Behemoth, a Polish rock band, for breaching visa regulations, a court representative told RAPSI.12:14 22.05.2014
Poetry lover stabs prose aficionado to death in literary disputeA former teacher in the Sverdlovsk Region of Russia has killed his drinking companion after a dispute on the significance of literary forms, the Investigative Department of the local investigative committee reports Wednesday.13:18 30.01.2014
Yekaterinburg city manager calls ethnic conflicts law “unfair”Yekaterinburg city manager Alexander Yakob, approved for the second term by the municipal deputies on Tuesday, says that it is unfair to delegate the responsibility for ethnic conflicts on local authorities.16:16 22.10.2013
Urals man gets suspended sentence for posting Mein Kampf and porn onlineA resident of Yekaterinburg, Russia's fourth-largest city, has received a 27-month suspended sentence with 2.5 years' probation for publishing Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" on the Internet.15:16 19.09.2013
Police search Yekaterinburg officials' homes in fraud casePolice in Russia’s fourth-largest city, Yekaterinburg, conducted searches Thursday at the homes of senior city government officials as part of an ongoing fraud probe, the Interior Ministry said, while denying it had any connection to a recent mayoral election that was won by an opposition candidate.14:40 12.09.2013
Delay in trial of Russian website editor rejectedA court in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg refused Monday to postpone the trial of a former local editor-in-chief accused of extortion, embezzlement and money laundering after she rejected her court-appointed lawyer.13:37 12.08.2013
Anti-drugs vigilante to run for mayor in Russia's 4th largest cityRussia’s most outspoken anti-drugs campaigner said Friday that he will run for mayor of Yekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth-largest city, whose authorities have for years been trying to close down his controversial rehabilitation center and stop his campaign against drug dealers, corrupt officials and police.14:45 19.07.2013
2009 Russian train bombing convict dies in prison hospitalTarkhan Kartoyev, one of the individuals convicted of bombing the Nevsky Express train in 2009, died late on Saturday night in a prison hospital in Yekaterinburg, the Federal Penitentiary Service told RIA Novosti on Monday.13:38 01.07.2013
Parents demand 'content clean-up' in leading Russian social networkThe Urals Parents' Committee public foundation has appealed to Children's Rights Commissioner Pavel Astakhov and law enforcement agencies to suspend the VKontakte social network in order to cleanse it of content that is harmful to children.15:15 07.06.2013
Police look into meteor shower relief expensesThe police are reviewing whether the funds allocated to repair damage caused by a meteor shower in the Chelyabinsk region were spent legally.15:02 07.03.2013
Urals neo-nazi gets 9.5 years for race-hate crimesA court in Russia’s Urals city of Yekaterinburg sentenced a man to 9.5 years in prison after finding him guilty of committing race-hate crimes, a spokeswoman for the court said.10:39 07.03.2013
Accomplices in attempted armed coup given 4.5 year in prisonThe Sverdlovsk Region Court has sentenced Leonid Khabarov and Viktor Kralin, the alleged accomplices of retired military intelligence Colonel Vladimir Kvachkov jailed for planning an armed coup to 4.5 years in prison.12:41 26.02.2013
Police hunts for serial killer, reward offeredInvestigative Committee's Sverdlovsk regional bureau has appealed to the public to help them catch the home invader and serial killer dubbed Volga Strangler, who killed around 30 elderly women in 2011 and 2012. It has offered a reward of RUB 1 million ($33,170) for information that will lead to the killer.13:42 30.01.2013
Russian sentenced to community service for posting 'Mein Kampf' onlineThe Yekaterinburg Ordzhonikidzevsky District Court has sentenced unemployed resident Yevgeny Zaytsev to 200 hours of compulsory community service for publishing Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" on the Internet.15:45 05.12.2012
Russian to be tried for online publication of Hitler's Mein KampfAn unemployed resident of Yekaterinburg will be tried for publishing Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf on the Internet.12:19 23.11.2012
Lawsuit to evict City Without Drugs to be heard on December 12The Sverdlovsk Region Commercial Court will hold a hearing on December 12 as part of the lawsuit seeking to declare the City Without Drugs foundation's contract for the free use of premises in central Yekaterinburg invalid, the court materials read.12:29 07.11.2012
City Without Drugs petitions for Russian authorities to cease police pressureThe City Without Drugs Foundation, after being searched as part of a criminal case, started gathering signatures from Russian residents for a letter addressed to Russian authorities. On Friday, the foundation's office and the men's rehabilitation center located in Yekaterinburg were searched in a police operation.10:18 06.11.2012
Police raid renowned rehab facilityInvestigators and shock squads raided the headquarters of the renowned City Without Drugs campaign group in Yekaterinburg on Friday, according to local police, without explaining what they were looking for.12:47 02.11.2012
Yekaterinburg restaurant that refused disabled customer must pay $3,000A Yekaterinburg court has held in favor of Alexander Mokin, a wheelchair user who sought $3,000 from a restaurant which refused to serve him, on the alleged basis that his appearance could make other diners uncomfortable.12:39 19.07.2012
Russian trader to stand trial in $30 mln Ponzi schemeBusinessman Alexei Kalinichenko accused of defrauding investors of 1 billion rubles ($30 million) using a Ponzi scheme has gone on trial in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg.13:53 27.06.2012