The beluga whale - nicknamed Hvaldimir - is suspected of having been trained as a spy by Russia.
A beluga whale suspected of having been trained as a spy by Russia has been found dead off the Norwegian coast.
This sparked rumours the mammal could be a spy whale - something experts say happened in the past. Moscow never responded to the allegations. "We've managed to retrieve his remains and put him in a cooled area, in preparation for a necropsy by the veterinary institute," he told AFP news agency.
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