Consilul Uniunii Europene a prelungit pentru înca un an - până la 27 februarie 2010 restricţiile de circulaţie pe teritoriul său pentru liderii din Transnistria, fiind vizate 19 persoane, între care şi liderul de la Tiraspol, Igor Smirnov, precum şi cei doi fii ai acestuia. Decizia a fost adoptată la 10 februarie 2009.
Interdicţia de călătorie şi tranzit a fost impusă liderilor de la Tiraspol la şfârşitul lunii februarie 2003 şi a fost înnoită anual.
Uniunea Europeana a luat această măsura, considerând drept inacceptabile poziţiile liderilor transnistreni şi refuzul lor de a susţine eforturile comunităţii internaţionale pentru găsirea unei soluţii a conflictului din Transnistria.
În august 2004, interdicţiile au fost extinse şi la o serie de funcţionari ai regimului separatist, acuzaţi de intimidare şi închidere forţata a şcolilor cu grafie latină de pe teritoriul transnistrean.
Lista “neagră” a UE:
1. SMIRNOV, Igor Nikolayevich, 'President', born on 23 October 1941 in Khabarovsk,
Russian Federation, Russian passport No 50No0337530.
2. SMIRNOV, Vladimir Igorevich, son of No 1 and 'Chairman of the State Customs
Committee', born on 3 April 1961 in Kupiansk, Kharkovskaya oblast or Novaya
Kakhovka, Khersonskaya oblast, Ukraine, Russian passport No 50No00337016.
3. SMIRNOV, Oleg Igorevich, son of No 1 and 'Adviser to the State Customs Committee',
'Member of the Supreme Soviet', born on 8 August 1967 in Novaya Kakhovka,
Khersonskaya oblast, Ukraine, Russian passport No 60No1907537.
4. MARAKUTSA, Grigory Stepanovich, 'Member of the Supreme Soviet',
'Special Representative of the Supreme Soviet for Interparliamentary Relations', born on
15 October 1942 in Teya, Grigoriopolsky rayon, Republic of Moldova, old Soviet passport
No 8BM724835.
5. LITSKAI, Valery Anatolyevich, former 'Minister for Foreign Affairs', born on13 February 1949 in Tver, Russian Federation, Russian passport No 51No0076099, issued
9 August 2000.
6. KHAZHEYEV, Stanislav Galimovich, 'Minister for Defence', born on 28 December 1941
in Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation.
7. ANTYUFEYEV, Vladimir Yuryevich, alias SHEVTSOV, Vadim, 'Minister for State
Security', born in 1951 in Novosibirsk, Russian Federation, Russian passport.
8. KOROLYOV, Alexandr Ivanovich, 'Vice-President', born on 24 October 1958 in
Wroclaw, Poland, Russian passport.
9. BALALA, Viktor Alekseyevich, former 'Minister of Justice', born in 1961 in Vinnitsa,
Ukraine.
10. ZAKHAROV, Viktor Pavlovich, former 'Prosecutor of Transnistria', born in 1948 in
Kamenka, Republic of Moldova.
11. GUDYMO, Oleg Andreyevich, 'Member of the Supreme Soviet', 'Chairman of the
Committee on Security, Defence and Peacekeeping of the Supreme Soviet', former 'Deputy
Minister of Security', born on 11 September 1944 in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, Russian
passport No 51No0592094.
12. KRASNOSELSKY, Vadim Nikolayevich, 'Minister of Internal Affairs', born on
14 April 1970 in Dauriya, Zabaykalskyi rayon, Chitinskaya oblast, Russian Federation.
13. ATAMANIUK, Vladimir, 'Deputy Minister of Defence'."
14. URSKAYA, Galina Vasilyevna, former 'Minister of Justice', born on 10 December 1957 in
Pyatiletka village, Brianskyi rayon, Brianskaya oblast, Russian Federation.
15. MAZUR, Igor Leonidovich, 'Head of State Administration in Dubossary Rayon', born on
29 January 1967 in Dubossary, Republic of Moldova.
16. PLATONOV, Yuri Mikhailovich, known as Yury PLATONOV, 'Head of State
Administration in Rybnitsa Rayon and Rybnitsa City', born on 16 January 1948 in
Klimkovo, Poddorsky rayon, Novgorodskaya oblast, Russian passport No 51No0527002,
issued by the Russian Embassy in Chisinau on 4 May 2001.
17. CHERBULENKO, Alla Viktorovna, 'Deputy Head of State Administration of Rybnitsa',
responsible for education issues.
18. KOGUT, Vecheslav Vasyilevich, 'Head of State Administration in Bender', born on
16 February 1950 in Taraclia, Chadir-Lunga rayon, Republic of Moldova.
19. KOSTIRKO, Viktor Ivanovich, 'Head of State Administration in Tiraspol', born on 24 May
1948, Komsomolsk na Amure, Habarovsky kray, Russian Federation."
