Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) on Oct. 22 extended five pretrial obligations for a former energy minister for two months but declined to extend electronic monitoring in a case tied to alleged energy-sector corruption.
The court’s announcement did not identify the former minister. The Kyiv Independent named him as former energy minister Herman Halushchenko, and RBC-Ukraine also identified him, citing sources.
The court partially granted a prosecutor’s motion. Under the order, Halushchenko must respond to summonses, notify authorities if his residence changes and avoid contact with designated people. He may leave Kyiv city or Kyiv Oblast only with permission from detectives with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) or prosecutors from the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO). He must surrender any foreign-travel passports and other documents authorizing departure from Ukraine that he has not already surrendered.
NABU says Halushchenko is suspected of money laundering and participating in a criminal organization. The bureau alleges that the group received more than $112 million in cash from unlawful activity in the energy sector through an associate it described as trusted, while Halushchenko was energy minister from 2021 to 2025. In a separate announcement, NABU and SAPO said alleged members demanded kickbacks of 10% to 15% of Energoatom contract values from contractors, including to avert blocked payments or the loss of supplier status.
According to the Kyiv Independent, Halushchenko rejected the allegations and said he would not flee Ukraine. The HACC said its reasons for declining to extend electronic monitoring would be set out in a full written ruling available through the Unified State Register of Court Decisions. It gave no release date for the ruling and said a person is presumed innocent until convicted.
