A beluga whale widely speculated to be an alleged Russian “spy” has entered Swedish waters
The whale, nicknamed Hvaldimir, garnered international fame in 2019 after being spotted wearing a specially made harness with mounts for a camera, leading experts to believe that the animal may have been trained by the Russian military. “After four years of swimming south down the coast of Norway, Hvaldimir – known worldwide as the ‘Russian spy’ beluga whale – is now in Swedish waters,” OneWhale said in a statement on Monday.
Earlier this month, the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries said Hvaldimir had “been traveling along the Norwegian coast” since 2019 with a few stops along the way. The whale “tends to stay at farms where it has been able to catch fish, grazing on surplus feed,” the directorate added. Hvaldimir is known to follow boats and play with those on board.
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