Victoria Morozova and other members of the NEURC
The Court of Appeal partially accepted the complaint of the SAPO prosecutor and decided to impose a measure of restraint on the former member of the National Commission on energy matters.
The Appellate Chamber of the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court has imposed a measure of restraint in the form of a personal obligation on the former member of the National Commission for State Regulation in the Energy and Public Utilities, Victoria Morozova. She is suspected by NABU and SAPO of official negligence related to the “Rotterdam+” formula.
The decision was made by the AP VAKS on December 19, as reported by Slovo i Delo.
“The appeal of the SAPO prosecutor is partially accepted. The decision of the investigating judge of the VAKS dated November 25, 2022 is to be revoked. A new decision will be made to partially accept the petition of the NABU detective, approved by the SAPO prosecutor, for the application of a preventive measure in the form of bail (Viktoria Morozova – ed.). Apply to (Victoria Morozova – ed.), suspected of committing a criminal offense under Part 2 of Art. 367 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, a preventive measure in the form of a personal obligation,” the decision states.
She was also given the following responsibilities: not to leave the Kyiv region without permission; to arrive when summoned; to report a change in her place of residence; and to avoid communicating with suspects in this criminal proceeding, as well as with witnesses.
Will Viktoria Morozova go to jail in the Rotterdam+ case?
As a reminder, on October 26, NABU and SAPO reported that 15 persons were suspected of causing more than UAH 20 billion in losses from the Rotterdam+ formula for 2018-2019. Among the suspects are two former heads of the NEURC Dmitry Vovka and Oksana Krivenko, former and current members of the National Commission, as well as other individuals.
Earlier, NABU completed the investigation of the old episode of the Rotterdam+ formula case. According to investigators, General Director of DTEK Grids Ivan Gelyukh and another manager of DTEK Boris Lisovoy, with prior agreement with the former head of the NEURC Dmitry Vovk, former member of the National Commission Vladimir Evdokimov, deputy head of the energy market department of the NEURC Taras Revenko and the head of the department of this department Vladimir Butovsky, discussed the possibility of implementing the formula long before its adoption. Initially, they allegedly planned to apply the formula only to the coal delivered to Ukraine by ports, which was approximately 130 thousand tons per year out of the total volume of 25.5 million tons used at thermal power plants.
Subsequently, all the aforementioned individuals agreed to apply the formula to the entire volume of coal, as proposed by NEURC officials at a meeting on January 28, 2016. On March 3 of the same year, officials of the National Commission, after obtaining permission from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, included the issue of the Rotterdam+ formula on the agenda, which was approved at that meeting. A preliminary examination identified an alleged UAH 18.87 billion of damage caused by the implementation of this formula by NEURC, as the DTEK group of companies, which held a 70% -80% share in thermal generation, obtained significant profits from it.
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