The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office has opened criminal proceedings against Viktor Yanukovych for calls to change the constitutional order, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Oleh Makhnitsky has said.

"After a statement made by Yanukovych in Russia in Rostov-on-Don yesterday [on March 1] it was decided to open criminal proceedings for attempts and calls to destroy the constitutional order," he said on the Shuster Live program on Sunday.