The “Midas” Case. The High Anti-Corruption Court Reduced the Bail for Galushchenko’s Former Adviser by Almost Fourfold

The High Anticorruption Court (HACC) continued the pretrial detention period for Ihor Myroniuk, a former adviser to former Energy Minister Hennadiy Halushchenko, who is one of the key defendants in the “Midas” case. At the same time, the court reduced the size of the alternative bail from 85 million UAH to 25 million UAH. This was reported by Glavkom, citing the Center for Combating Corruption (CCC).

According to the public organization, the decision was made by the investigative judge of the High Anticorruption Court, Viktor Nogachevsky. He partially granted the detective’s request to extend the preventive measure for the suspect.

“Investigative judge of the High Anticorruption Court Viktor Nogachevsky partially granted the detective’s request and extended the detention period for Ihor Myroniuk, the ex-adviser to the energy minister,” reads the CCC report.

Despite extending the detention, the court significantly reduced the amount of bail that would allow Myroniuk to leave the pretrial detention facility. Now it stands at 25 million UAH instead of the previously set 85 million UAH.

If bail is posted, the suspect will be subject to a number of procedural obligations. In particular, Myroniuk will not be able to leave Kyiv without permission, will be required to surrender foreign passports, and wear an electronic monitoring device.

According to the CCC, the former energy minister’s adviser has been in custody for 11 months. During this time, the High Anticorruption Court has four times ruled to reduce the bail amount.

Initially, the alternative bail for Myroniuk was set at 126 million UAH. In early March it was reduced to 100 million, but at the end of the same month the Appellate Chamber of HACC again increased the sum to 126 million.

Subsequently the court reviewed the bail amount and set it at 85 million. Now the amount has been reduced to 25 million. Thus, compared to the initial decision, the bail amount has decreased by 101 million.

Ihor Myroniuk is one of the key suspects in the criminal proceedings regarding probable corruption schemes in the energy sector, which is known as “Midas.” He previously held the position of adviser to Hennadiy Halushchenko, who headed the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine.

As a reminder, previously the Appellate Chamber of the High Anticorruption Court left unchanged the decision of the HACC investigative judge from 23 June to extend Ihor Myroniuk’s detention.

As is known, 10 November 2025 year the National Anticorruption Bureau of Ukraine, within the investigation of corruption schemes in the energy sector (operation “Midas”), announced suspicions against seven people. Among them:

Timur Mindich – businessman and cofounder of the studio “Kvartal-95” (appears on NABU recordings under the code name Carlson),

Ihor Myroniuk (Rocket) – former adviser to the energy minister,

Dmytro Basov (Tenor) – security executive director at the company Energoatom.

Also four representatives of the so-called “back office for money legalization”:

Oleksandr Tsukerman (Sugarman),

Ihor Fursenko (R'yoshyk),

Lesia Ustyminenko,

Ludmila Zorina.

It was also reported that in the recordings the defendant referred to Hennadiy Halushchenko as “Professor” and “Sigismund.”