The mystery of the beluga nicknamed Hvaldimir, also known as the “spy whale” because it is thought to have been trained by the Russian army, has been solved. Norwegian authorities believe that the whale escaped from a naval base belonging to the Russian army. The beluga, believed to have been trained by the army, is thought to be the spy whale named “Andruha” that escaped from the army. So has Russia’s long arm managed to catch up with the escaped beluga? Did the Russian army kill Hvaldimir, whose body was found in September?
It also wore a harness with a camera mount and was labeled “Equipment St. Petersburg” in English.
Dr. Olga Shpak, an expert on whales, claimed that when it surfaced in Norway, Russian authorities immediately identified the whale as theirs.
“The message came through a chain of veterinarians and trainers: A beluga named Andruha had gone missing,” Shpak said. he said.
A year later, it was moved from a facility belonging to a dolphinarium in St. Petersburg to a military program.
Satellite images taken near the Russian naval base in Murmansk show what may have been Hvaldimir’s former home. Images of what appear to be white whales can be clearly seen in the water.
Russia has refused for years to make any statement regarding the claim that the beluga whale was trained by its military.
After learning to feed himself, he traveled along the Norwegian coast for several years. The whale, which later died on September 1, 2024, was found in the Norwegian sea.
Apparently not. Some activist groups have suggested that the whale was shot, but this has been denied by Norwegian police.
It was announced that there was nothing to suggest that the beluga’s death was directly caused by human activity.
An autopsy revealed that Hvaldimir died after a stick was stuck in his mouth.
