HACC Allows Trial in Absentia for Shurma and Two Others
The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court granted permission to conduct a special pre-trial investigation into the former Deputy Head of the President's Office Rostyslav Shurma, his brother Oleh, and the former director of PJSC Zaporizhzhiaoblenergo Viktor Mitchenko in the case of the embezzlement of UAH 141 million on the "green" tariff.
She reported this on August 18 to the Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court on the Telegram channel.
On August 18, 2026, the AC of the HACC considered the prosecutor's appeal against the decision of the investigating judge of the HACC dated May 28, 2026 on the refusal to conduct a special pre-trial investigation against the former Deputy Head of the President's Office, his close relative and former employee of PJSC "Zaporizhzhiaoblenergo". Based on the results of the consideration, the panel of judges of the AC of the HACC satisfied the prosecutor's appeal
In addition, the appeal overturned the decision of the investigating judge of the High Court of Criminal Appeals and granted the request to conduct a special pre-trial investigation against the suspects.
The decision entered into force from the moment of its announcement and is not subject to appeal in cassation.
As is known from the data of the pre-trial investigation body, the above-mentioned persons are suspected of organizing the appropriation of funds in a particularly large amount and their legalization (laundering), as well as of committing actions aimed at concealing and masking the illegal origin of such funds (probable abuse of the "green tariff").
Rostislav Shurma is a suspect in the EBK database.
We will remind, on January 21, 2026, NABU and SAPO reported the exposure of a scheme to appropriate funds intended for payments under the "green" tariff, which operated in favor of a number of commercial energy generating enterprises located in the occupied territory of Zaporizhia region.
