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National Anti-Corruption Bureau and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office have completed the pre-trial investigation of the case of embezzlement of state funds designated for payments under the 'green' tariff on the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia region, with main defendants being the former deputy head of the president's office Rostyslav Shurma and his brother Oleh Shurma.
According to the investigation, in 2019–2020 years Rostyslav Shurma, together with his brother, seized control of a number of enterprises, and subsequently built solar power plants with a total capacity of about 60 MW in the Vasylivskyi district of Zaporizhzhia region and signed contracts with the state-owned enterprise Guaranteed Buyer for the sale of electricity under the 'green' tariff.
After Russia's full-scale invasion and occupation of part of Zaporizhzhia region, the solar power plants lost connection to the Unified Energy System of Ukraine, were significantly damaged, and workers were evacuated. However, legal entities that managed the solar power plants continued to declare electricity production and receive payments under the 'green' tariff, while in fact they delivered nothing. They even reported electricity supply during periods of complete power outages. Ultimately, the investigation claims embezzlement of 141,3 million UAH, which was moved out of Ukraine through related companies.
As a reminder, in January, NABU and SAP announced the unveiling of a scheme to misappropriate funds intended for payments under the 'green' tariff and announced suspicion against brothers Rostyslav and Oleh Shurma. Later, both were put on the wanted list. In response, Rostyslav Shurma stated that neither he nor his brother are in hiding and are 'openly and legally' in Germany 'at an address known to investigators,' to which NABU replied that these words have no legal force.
In addition to Rostyslav Shurma and his brother Oleh, seven more people are implicated in the case: the trusted person of a former high-ranking official, managers and employees of controlled enterprises, and the former commercial director of Zaporozhzhiaoblenergo JSC.
As early as 2023 year, journalists from Bihus.Info published an investigation into Oleh Shurma's solar power plants, which, despite being on occupied territory and lacking connection to the Unified Energy System of Ukraine, continued to receive payments under the 'green' tariff until the summer 2023 year.
In July 2025 year NABU conducted searches in Rostyslav Shurma's Munich apartment, after which he left for Austria.
For a long time Rostyslav Shurma's brother Oleh was the director of a venture fund, which allowed optimizing tax payments of hundreds of millions of hryvnias. Regarding how Oleh Shurma's companies managed to underpay the state and launder funds abroad, Yurii Nikolov and Antonina Volkotreub explained in the article 'Shurma's Venture Triad for Billions'.
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