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VAKS launched a special pretrial investigation in the Shurma case over losses of 141 million hryvnias
The Shurma case — the Appellate Chamber of the Specialized Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office (VAKS) allowed a special pretrial investigation into three individuals in a case concerning alleged abuse of the “green” tariff.
Today the chamber considered the prosecutor’s appeal against the decision of a investigating judge of VAKS dated 28 May 2026, which refused to conduct a special pretrial investigation concerning the former deputy head of the Office of the President Rostyslav Shurma, his brother Oleh, and a former official of PJSC Zaporizhzhiaoblenergo.
The panel of judges of the Appellate Chamber of VAKS granted the prosecutor’s appeal.
Earlier, Rostyslav Shurma stated that neither he nor his brother are in hiding, they do not plead guilty, and they intend to prove their innocence in the procedure prescribed by law.
In February this year, Rostyslav and Oleh Shurma appeared in the MIA database as “persons evading law enforcement.” According to the search data, the request was initiated by NABU, which suspects the brothers in a case of alleged misappropriation of funds under the “green” tariff. The investigation believes that in 2019–2020 years Rostyslav Shurma, together with his brother, took control of a number of enterprises that produced electricity from alternative sources.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau notes that in the Vasylivka district of Zaporizhzhia region the suspects built solar power plants with a total capacity of about 60 MW and signed agreements with the state-owned company “Guaranteed Buyer” to sell electricity under the “green” tariff.
After the start of full-scale invasion by the Russian Federation and the occupation of part of Zaporizhzhia region, the solar power plants lost their connection to the Unified Energy System of Ukraine. However, according to the investigation, the enterprises continued to declare electricity production and receive payments under the “green” tariff, while in fact no electricity was delivered to Ukraine’s energy system. NABU estimated the total amount of losses at 141,3 million hryvnias.
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