Hetmantsev Danylo Oleksandrovych

Head of the parliamentary budget committee with business in Crimea, ties to an assistant of a "regional" state traitor, and a loan from an arms dealer

Born in 1977 in Kyiv. Doctor of Law, professor at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. People's Deputy of the IX convocation from the "Servant of the People" party (No. 20 on the list), head of the Committee on Finance, Tax, and Customs Policy. In 2014, his companies LLC "Morys" and "Association of Builders of Ukraine" re-registered under Russian jurisdiction. Bihus.info found undeclared business in occupied Crimea within Hetmantsev's family that has been contributing to the Russian budget for 9 years. Former wife Tetyana is deputy head of the Department for Monitoring Compliance with Conflict of Interest Legislation at the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP).

Plagiarism in dissertation, connections with a state treason agent, $650,000 loan from a U.S.-sanctioned arms dealer

In February 2023, journalists established that Hetmantsev was an assistant-consultant to Sivkovych—a People's Deputy from the "Party of Regions", suspected of state treason for leading a network of Russian agents. In 2017, the High Qualification Commission of Judges refused Hetmantsev a judgeship due to attempted data forgery; the Human Rights Group found he was founder of LLC "MSL.", which the Security Service of Ukraine investigated for terrorism financing. The Hetmantsev family's travel company "Travel Professional Group" is connected to Lebanese arms dealer Merhej, sanctioned by the U.S. for weapon smuggling to Iran and Syria; Hetmantsev declared a $650,000 loan from him. In October 2025, plagiarism was found in his candidate's dissertation—13% of the main text.