[7] He is known for his Ukrainophobic views,[8] in particular, for his statements in protection of the Russian language and Russian culture in Ukraine, comparing the protection of the Ukrainian language to fascism;[9] opposed the closure of pro-Russian TV channels 112 Ukraine, ZIK and NewsOne, associated with pro-Russian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk;[10] advocated the resumption of water supply to the temporarily occupied Crimea;[11] sympathized with the Lukashenko regime.

On December 19, 2019, Hetmantsev, the Chairman of the Parliament Committee on Finance, Banking, Tax and Customs Policy, initiated a draft bill No.

Investigators of the Bihus.info project found that the Hetmantsev family had an undeclared business in temporarily occupied Crimea, which has been filling the Russian budget for all 9 years.

Now journalists have discovered that Olena Hetmantseva, in addition to the tourism business (she is the founder of one of the most famous tour operators in Ukraine, TPG), also has a company in Crimea, a small 160-square-meter room.

The clone company is still quietly operating in Crimea, paying taxes in the Russian Federation, and is now registered to Dmytro Makharynskyi, who was Hetmantsev's partner in the legal business.

[25] These companies received contracts from the State Agency of Automobile Roads of Ukraine, headed by Yanukovych's associate Volodymyr Demishkan, for about UAH 1.5 billion.

The main share of the company was transferred to the Ukrainian LLC Trading North, registered in the name of Hetmantsev's lawyer Jurimex.

[31] In February 2023, the journalistic project Hroshi prepared an investigation, according to which Danylo Hetmantsev worked as an assistant consultant to former MP from the Pro-Russian Party of Regions Volodymyr Sivkovych, who is suspected of treason for creating a network of Russian agents in Ukraine.

[32] According to journalists, the Security Service of Ukraine uncovered a center for training Russian agents of influence, who, in turn, were sent by the enemy to the highest echelons of the Ukrainian government.

[35] In the spring of 2022, representatives of large, small, and medium-sized Ukrainian businesses appealed to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to remove Hetmantsev from the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation, and Customs Policy.

[40] In September 2023, Danylo Hetmantsev was added to the Myrotvorets Center's database for actions aimed at destabilizing and destroying the Ukrainian economy, weakening Ukraine's defense capabilities, and inciting ethnic hatred.

[1] After Hetmantsev compared the protection of the Ukrainian language to fascism, social activist and volunteer Serhii Sternenko suggested that he "buy tickets to Moscow, get on and leave Ukraine and never come back".

[41] According to journalist and host of the ISLND TV channel Sergii Ivanov, Hetmantsev is acting in the interests of Russia, and he sees no significant difference between him and members of the banned pro-Russian party Opposition Platform — For Life.

[43] He spoke out against the derussification of Ukrainian streets named after writers of the Russian Empire as Mikhail Bulgakov, Alexander Pushkin and Leo Tolstoy.

2362 "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts on Teaching in the State Language in Higher Education Institutions" initiated by pro-Russian MP Maksym Buzhanskyi.

[46] Hetmantsev didn't vote for the Verkhovna Rada's recognition of the Revolution of Dignity as one of the key moments of Ukraine's state-building, calling for the Euromaidan not to be glorified.

[10] In March 2021, on The Freedom By Savik Shuster, Hetmantsev said that he still did not know the grounds for sanctions against Viktor Medvedchuk, denying the accusations that he had financed terrorism.

[48] In February 2021, after the Security Service of Ukraine announced that pro-Russian propagandist Anatoly Shariy was suspected of treason, Hetmantsev stated that he personally saw no grounds for serving the suspicion.

[49] Hetmantsev's response to the correspondent of the pro-Russian online publication Vesti.ua regarding the serving of the suspicion to Shariy was rather ambiguous, he himself sees no grounds for criminal proceedings, but does not rule out that they exist.

[49] Ukrainian auditor and public figure Dmytro Oleksiyenko noted that in November 2020, Hetmantsev recommended reading pro-Russian Telegram channels, including those of Anatoly Shariy, Andriy Portnov, and Yevhen Murayev.

[50] Hetmantsev abstained from voting in the Verkhovna Rada on September 15, 2020, on a resolution to not recognize the results of the 2020 Belarusian presidential election as legitimate.