The tame beluga had been nicknamed "Hvaldimir," combining the Norwegian word for whale - hval - and the first name of Russia's president.

The tame beluga was first spotted in 2019 not far from Russian waters with a harness reading Equipment St Petersburg.

The demise of the beluga whale Hvaldimir was not violent Norwegian police have said Read Full Article at RTcom

Animal rights groups questioned the report’s conclusion that there were no human-caused injuries, and they called for further police investigation.

The Norwegian police have stated that Hvaldimir, the white whale spotted five years ago in Norwegian waters and found dead on 31 August, died due to a stick lodged in its mouth. The animal's death was not related to human activity.

Beluga Hvaldimir, known worldwide for his suspected role as a Russian spy, was found dead off the coast of Norway last month. Animal welfare organizations feared it may have been a criminal act. The estimated 4.

A beluga whale that lived off Norway`s coast, who raised speculation that it was a Russian spy due to its harness, was not shot dead as claimed by animal rights groups but instead died of a bacterial infection,

A beluga whale found dead in Norway in August, who some suspected of being a Russian spy, most likely died of an infection, not gunshot wounds, Norwegian police said Friday. Nicknamed "Hvaldimir," a pun on the Norwegian word for whale (hval) and the whale’s purported ties to Moscow,