Five years ago, the story of an unusual breed of alleged Kremlin asset captured the attention of the world. Surfacing in the icy waters of the Arctic circle, a lone beluga whale was found off the coast of Norway in April 2019 with a harness and camera mount attached to his body, featuring a label reading: “Equipment of Saint Petersburg.”





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Russian spy whale had a Licence to Krill

The scientist reveals the secret of the escape of the 'spy whale' from the Russian military base.

Naučnica otkriva tajnu bekstva 'špijunskog kita' iz ruske vojne baze.

Rešena misterija ‘ruskog špijunskog kita’

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BBC News

Government of the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The mystery of the 'Russian spy whale' solved

Beluga whale nicknamed Hvaldimir was allegedly moved from a facility owned by a dolphinarium in St Petersburg to an Arctic military programme

The Independent

Evgeny Lebedev

London

Greater London

England

Mysterious Russian ‘spy whale’ may have fled military training, marine expert says

Hvaldimir was found dead in August amid mystery and speculation about Moscow's intelligence ties. The mystery surrounding the trajectory of a famous beluga whale found dead in Norway in August, suspected by some of being a “Russian spy”, may have come to an end. A scientist specializing in the species says she is 100% certain that the animal - nicknamed “Hvaldimir” in a pun on the Norwegian word for whale (“hval”) and its supposed ties to Vladim…

Hvaldimir foi achada sem vida em agosto a meio a mistério e especulações sobre laços com inteligência de Moscou O mistério sobre a trajetória de uma famosa baleia beluga encontrada morta na Noruega em agosto, suspeita por alguns de ser uma "espiã russa", pode ter chegado ao fim. Uma cientista especializada na espécie afirma ter 100% de certeza que o animal — apelidado de "Hvaldimir" em um trocadilho com a palavra norueguesa para baleia ("hval") …

Famosa baleia 'espiã' fugiu de treinamento militar na Rússia, diz cientista em novo documentário

Globo

Roberto Irineu Marinho

Brazil

Famous' spy 'whale escaped military training in Russia, says scientist in new documentary

Hvaldimir was discovered by fishermen off the coast of northern Norway (Picture: AFP) ‘A whale deployed by Vladimir Putin as a Russian spy’ – it seems like a chapter of an alternative version of John le Carré’s novel ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’. It has long been alleged that a beluga whale was conducting maritime espionage for the Kremlin in the Arctic. Nicknamed Hvaldimir – a combination of Putin’s first name and the Norwegian word for whale, ‘…

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Mystery around 'Putin's spy whale' may have been solved

A Ukrainian marine mammal expert claims that the famous ‘spy whale’ was indeed trained by the Russian military. But the animal escaped because of its rebellious nature, reports BBC.

Een Oekraïense zeezoogdierenexperte beweert dat de bekende ‘spionwalvis’ wel degelijk getraind werd door het Russische leger. Maar het dier zou ontsnapt zijn door zijn rebelse karakter. Dat meldt BBC.

“Russische spionagewalvis werd wel degelijk getraind door het leger”, zegt experte

Het Nieuwsblad

Mediahuis

Belgium

“Russian spy whale was indeed trained by the military,” says expert

A Ukrainian marine biologist says she has received confirmation that the white whale Hvaldimir was part of the Russian navy. The whale is said to have been trained and went by the name “Andruha”.

En ukrainsk marinbiolog sier hun har fått bekreftet at hvithvalen Hvaldimir var en del av den russiske marinen. Hvalen skal ha blitt trent og gikk under navnet «Andruha».

BBC-dokumentar antyder at Hvaldimir var en del av den russiske marinen

Government of Norway

Norway

BBC documentary suggests Hvaldimir was part of Russian navy

The marine biologist bases his claims on his sources in Russia.

Meribiologi perustaa väitteensä lähteisiinsä Venäjällä.

Meribiologi väittää: Kuollut ”vakoojavalas” karkasi Venäjän sotilaskoulutuksesta

Ilta-Sanomat

Sanoma

Finland

Marine biologist claims: Dead 'spy whale' escaped Russian military training

The mystery thriller about Hvaldimir, the beluga whale that appeared in the North Sea off Norway in 2019 with a GoPro, continues. A BBC documentary claims to have now revealed his secret.
Video: watson/Hanna DedialThe mystery thriller about Hvaldimir, the beluga whale that appeared in the North Sea off Norway in 2019 with a GoPro, continues. A BBC documentary claims to have now revealed his secret.Hvaldimir (a name that comes from a play on word…

Der Mystery-Thriller um Hvaldimir, den Belugawal, der 2019 mit einer GoPro im Nordmeer vor Norwegen aufgetaucht ist, geht weiter. Ein Dokumentarfilm der BBC will sein Geheimnis jetzt aufgedeckt haben.
Video: watson/Hanna DedialDer Mystery-Thriller um Hvaldimir, den Belugawal, der 2019 mit einer GoPro im Nordmeer vor Norwegen aufgetaucht ist, geht weiter. Ein Dokumentarfilm der BBC will sein Geheimnis jetzt aufgedeckt haben.Hvaldimir (ein Name, d…

Berühmter Beluga-Wal «Hvaldimir» soll doch kein russischer Spion gewesen sein

watson.ch/

Zürich

Zürich District

Zurich

Switzerland

Famous beluga whale «Hvaldimir» is said not to have been a Russian spy after all

A few years ago, it mysteriously appeared off the coast of Norway. At first it was assumed that he was a Russian spy, but now an expert has come up with a completely different theory.

Néhány éve rejtélyes módon tűnt fel Norvégia partjainál. Először azt feltételezték, hogy orosz kém volt, de egy szakértő most teljesen más elmélettel állt elő.

Az orosz katonai kiképzés elől menekülhetett el egy szökevény fehér bálna

Heti Világgazdaság

Hungary

A fugitive white whale may have escaped from Russian military training

A Beluga whale that was branded a Russian spy by some onlookers fled a training programme to guard a military base, a scientist has claimed.

Mysterious Russian ‘spy whale’ may have fled military training, marine expert says

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