The famous beluga whale known as Hvaldimir, who gained fame as a supposed “Russian spy,” was found dead over the weekend in Risavika Bay in southern Norway. Hvaldimir had become well-known after being spotted in April 2019 off Norway’s northern coast, wearing a harness with the words ‘Equipment St. Petersburg.’ This led to jokes that he might be a spy sent from Russia, and he was given the name Hvaldimir, a mix of the Norwegian word for whale and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s name.

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