Not Knyazhytsky's alone. How social media forgot about Sivkovych's main assistant

Over the past few days, Ukrainians have been discussing the latest scandal involving another member of former President Petro Poroshenko's European Solidarity party. This time, it is about Mykola Kniazhytskyi and his meetings with FSB agent Vladimir Sivkovych during the war. However, behind the loud scandal, everyone forgot that the network of agents of the Russian henchman is very extensive. One of the pearls in this necklace of alleged traitors is his former assistant, and now the head of the parliamentary committee on financial, tax and customs activities, Danylo Hetmantsev, reports UNN.

After Telegram channels posted messages with photographic evidence that Kniazhytskyi had met with FSB agent Sivkovych, a suspected high treason officer, abroad, politicians and experts started talking about the need to expel the MP from the EU faction and to conduct an investigation by law enforcement.

At the same time, for some reason, everyone forgets that former FSB assistant agent Danylo Hetmantsev is now not just a member of parliament from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Servant of the People party, but also heads one of the most important committees of the Verkhovna Rada. His influence on the State Tax Service is legendary, and it is not for nothing that the tax authorities themselves call him a "gray cardinal.

Hetmantsev's position allows him to shape tax policy in the country. However, many of his initiatives look not just questionable, but, according to experts and entrepreneurs, threaten Ukraine's economy and national security.

In particular, Yana Matviychuk, a volunteer, founder of the creative agency ARENA CS, and member of the Young Business Club board , said in an interview with UNN that Hetmantsev's tax policy is destroying Ukraine's economy.

"Hetmantsev's current tax policy will lead all small businesses in Ukraine into the abyss," she said.

The systematic and systematic destruction of business in Ukraine primarily plays into the hands of the Russian enemy, because fewer entrepreneurs mean fewer taxes and less assistance to the Armed Forces. But is the Russian enemy really an enemy for Hetmantsev?

According to Matviychuk, it is difficult for business to trust a person who has been an assistant to FSB agent Sivkovich, who is now hiding in Russia, for 8 years.   "Didn't Hetmantsev know about Sivkovych's ties to the FSB? I don't believe it. In 8 years, even the most inattentive person would have suspected something," Matviychuk said.

However, she is not the only one who has questions about Hetmantsev's activities. In particular, journalists assume that the tax committee chairman's close ties to Sivkovych are still preserved and that Hetmantsev may still serve his former boss.

Political expert Petro Oleshchuk said in a commentary to UNN that law enforcement should check the connections between Hetmantsev and Sivkovych.

"Of course, everyone with questionable connections should be checked. They should all be subject to scrutiny by the SBU and other law enforcement agencies," he said.

Human rights activist Dmytro Pavlichenko in a commentary to UNN emphasized that law enforcement should check all possible collaborators, but now, according to him, the security forces have too much work to respond to media reports.

He advised reporting crimes directly to the SBU. "You see, a lot of collaborators have surfaced now, and the law enforcement agencies have a lot of work to do. If you have evidence, please contact me, and I will even help you to draw up a statement of a criminal offense," he said.

It's no secret that MPs have access to state secrets and data that are of great interest to the enemy, especially in times of war, and so having MPs among their agents is a dream come true for all spies.