According to several Russian and Ukrainian media reports, Yanukovych’s son, also named Viktor, reportedly drowned when his vehicle plunged through the ice.
“I have no information about this. I have nothing to say, I can neither confirm, nor deny [the reports],” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday.
Sources said Yanukovych junior, 33, was one of six individuals in a Volkswagen minibus that was participating in a sports event on Lake Baikal.
The Russian Emergencies Ministry confirmed that a minibus did fall through the ice, but did not name Yanukovych as one of the passengers.
According to the ministry, five passengers were rescued, while the minibus driver died. The ministry said that all the individuals were identified, but declined to disclose the names.
Viktor Yanukovych served as Ukrainian president from 2010 until February 2014, when he was ousted as a result of a coup.
