[2][3] In 2014, he and other journalists collaborated to preserve documents found at the Mezhyhirya Residence after President Viktor Yanukovych fled Ukraine.
[4] Hnap won the main award at the 2015 Mezhyhirya Festival for his investigative work.
[3][5] In April 2016, a libel lawsuit was filed against him by Oleksandr Korniyets, one of the Ukrainian top prosecutors dubbed the "diamond prosecutors", previously suspected of taking bribes in what has been described as a witch hunt against many Hromadske journalists launched by Petro Poroshenko's supporters.
[6] On 25 June 2018, Hnap announced he was leaving journalism to start a political career.
[9] On 1 March he withdrew his candidacy in favour of supporting fellow candidate Anatoliy Hrytsenko.