The State Bureau of Investigation has opened criminal proceedings on the possible obstruction of the exercise of suffrage by the former speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament Andrei Parubiy, Ukrainian News reported.

The case was opened over the obstruction of the exercise of suffrage or the right to participate in a referendum, the work of an election commission or referendum commission, or the activities of an official observer under the Ukrainian Criminal Code.

The criminal proceedings were opened on August 20 by court order.