Posted on 03/25/2015 1:24:20 AM PDT by Paid_Russian_Troll
The younger son of Ukraine's former President Viktor Yanukovych has drowned in Lake Baikal in Russia, reports say.
Ukrainian MP Nestor Shufrych confirmed to the BBC the death of the ex-leader's son, who was also called Viktor. Earlier Russian and Ukrainian media reports said he died after his vehicle fell through ice on Lake Baikal in the south of the Russian region of Siberia. Reports say he had been taking part in a sporting event when the VW van plunged into the water. Five other people in the vehicle escaped, Ukrainian news website Levvy Bereg quoted sources from his inner circle as saying. Russian website RBK quoted local officials as saying the incident happened on Saturday, after the group drove on to the ice to take photographs.
Viktor Yanukovych Jr, 33, was known for his passion for extreme driving.
The death of Viktor Yanukovych Jr is the latest of several involving people with ties to the former president.
Oleksandr Peklushenko, a former regional governor, was found dead in Ukraine earlier this month in what authorities said appeared to be a suicide. Five other officials also died in mysterious circumstances this year.
Saturday's incident is also the latest in a series of deaths in traffic accidents involving the former president or his team.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
The Yanukovych gang are on thin ice.
Largest lake, by volume, in the world.
It also has a unique ecosystem, including endemic plankton removing all kind of organic waste really fast. Human body won’t last more than a week in it’s waters.
I love it. “Herashchenko said all five passengers survived and “four of them didn’t even get their feet wet.”
They also buried him already in Crimea.
http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-yanukovych-victor-drowning/26916557.html
“Viktor Yanukovych Jr, 33, was known for his passion for extreme driving.”................
I am not familiar with the weather and ice conditions there but at this time of year here in Wisconsin, once does NOT DRIVE on the ice covered lakes no matter how big “his passion for extreme driving” is. It’s called, “Death by stupidity”.
Then again....perhaps the Russians did not agree with his passion.
Did this guy know Loretta Fuddy?
Homicide by accident??
Those vehicles crashing through ice incidences are not exactly uncommon in some places. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/men-found-alive-after-truck-crashes-through-ice-1.1200289
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