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Lokomotivny
Lokomotivny is no longer a closed administrative-territorial formation; its ZATO status was abolished effective January 1, 2017.
Full reasoning
Listing Lokomotivny as a current Russian closed city is outdated.
President Vladimir Putin signed Decree No. 493 of September 23, 2016, titled "On the abolition of the closed administrative-territorial formation — the settlement of Lokomotivny of Chelyabinsk Oblast." A follow-up government resolution then removed Lokomotivny from the official federal list of ZATOs, effective January 1, 2017.
The current text of Government Resolution No. 508 confirms this: after the Chelyabinsk Oblast entries for Ozyorsk, Snezhinsk, and Tryokhgorny, the next position is marked "Позиция исключена с 1 января 2017 года". That means Lokomotivny should not appear in a present-tense list of Russia's current closed cities.
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- Official publication portal entry for Presidential Decree No. 493 (23.09.2016)
Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 23.09.2016 № 493 "Об упразднении закрытого административно-территориального образования - поселка Локомотивного Челябинской области".
- Постановление Правительства РФ от 05.07.2001 N 508
In the current official ZATO list, under Chelyabinsk Oblast, after Ozyorsk, Snezhinsk, and Tryokhgorny, the next line reads: "Позиция исключена с 1 января 2017 года. - Постановление Правительства РФ от 23.12.2016 N 1462".
Mikhaylovsky
Mikhaylovsky is no longer a ZATO; the closed administrative-territorial formation was abolished effective January 1, 2019.
Full reasoning
Listing Mikhaylovsky as a current Russian closed city is outdated.
President Putin signed Decree No. 587 of October 13, 2018, "On the abolition of the closed administrative-territorial formation — the settlement of Mikhaylovsky of Saratov Oblast." The decree ordered the organizational measures for abolishing the ZATO, and the official federal list was later updated accordingly.
In the current text of Government Resolution No. 508, the Saratov Oblast section shows one removed position, then Svetly, then another removed position. Those removals reflect the abolition of the former Saratov ZATOs, including Mikhaylovsky. So Mikhaylovsky should not be listed as a present-day closed city in Russia.
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- Указ Президента РФ от 13.10.2018 N 587 "Об упразднении закрытого административно-территориального образования - поселка Михайловского Саратовской области"
Указ Президента РФ от 13 октября 2018 г. N 587 "Об упразднении закрытого административно-территориального образования - поселка Михайловского Саратовской области" ... провести ... мероприятия, связанные с упразднением закрытого административно-территориального образования - поселка Михайловского Саратовской области.
- Постановление Правительства РФ от 05.07.2001 N 508
In the current official ZATO list, the Saratov Oblast section contains only Svetly as an active entry; the other Saratov positions are marked "Позиция исключена. - Постановление Правительства РФ от 18.04.2019 N 464".
Shikhany
Shikhany stopped being a ZATO in 2019 after a presidential decree abolished its closed-city status.
Full reasoning
Listing Shikhany as a current Russian closed city is outdated.
President Putin signed Decree No. 424 of July 17, 2018, titled "On the abolition of the closed administrative-territorial formation — the city of Shikhany of Saratov Oblast." The decree abolished Shikhany's ZATO status effective in 2019.
The current federal ZATO list in Government Resolution No. 508 confirms that Saratov Oblast no longer has a Shikhany entry: the section now retains Svetly and marks the other former Saratov ZATO positions as removed. That means Shikhany should not appear in a present-tense list of current Russian closed cities.
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- Указ Президента РФ от 17.07.2018 N 424 "Об упразднении закрытого административно-территориального образования - г. Шиханы Саратовской области"
Указ Президента РФ от 17.07.2018 N 424 "Об упразднении закрытого административно-территориального образования - г. Шиханы Саратовской области" ... предусмотреть выделение Саратовской области межбюджетных трансфертов ... в 2019 году.
- Постановление Правительства РФ от 05.07.2001 N 508
In the current official ZATO list, the Saratov Oblast section shows removed entries ("Позиция исключена. - Постановление Правительства РФ от 18.04.2019 N 464") and does not list Shikhany as an active ZATO.