Ex-president's son drowns

onnaedo 15:45 - 23 March 2015

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Reports say 33-year-old Viktor Yanukovich, who is his father's namesake, was driving at the time of his death.

The son of former Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovich, has died after his vehicle plunged through ice near the Russian-Mongolian border.

According to Al Jazeera, Russian authorities have not identified a driver who died on Friday when a minibus carrying six people crashed through thin ice on Lake Baikal or confirmed reports that it was Yanukovich's son. The five passengers survived.

Yanukovich has lived in Russia since being toppled from power last year following months of protests against corruption and his decision to seek closer ties to Russia instead of the European Union.