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October 23, 2019 VNIRO press service reported that today, on October 23, 11 more beluga whales were released. The animals were delivered by the Zodiac vessel […]

October 25, 2019 On Thursday meeting of the Working Group on the release plans of marine mammals from the Whale Jail in Srednyaya Bay took place.⠀The […]

October 26, 2019 The famous oceanographer Jean Michael Cousteau again appealed to the Russian government on the issue of the “whale jail” and the decision made […]

Urgent! TINRO refused to have an independent observer for the release of 50 beluga whales, which is scheduled to begin on October 30-31⠀Coalition sent an official […]

Statement from Free Russian Whales coalition30 October, 2019.  Earlier today the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute on Fisheries and Oceans (VNIRO in Russian) published a new update […]

RELEASE OF THE REMAINING 50 BELUGAS UNDER THREAT! On October 30th VNIRO reported on its website that contracts for the purchase of 50 belugas from the […]

October 31, 2019 VNIRO vessels – “Zodiac” (on board 4 transportation containers for 14 belugas) and “Professor Kaganovsky” (9 containers for 36 belugas) vessels are still […]

November 1, 2019 Coalition “Free Russsian Whales” began single protests near the head-quaters of Russian State authorities responsible for not taking action on confiscation of 50 […]

November 2, 2019 Around 16:30 local time (9:30 Moscow time), the vessel “Zodiac” approached the enclosures with beluga whales. 8 people were delivered there by two […]

November 4, 2019 The loading of belugas onto VNIRO vessels Zodiak and Professor Kaganovsky has not yet begun. Although both vessels moved to Srednaya bay today […]

November 5, 2019 Just before our eyes they loaded the first beluga. Our vessel is on its way to Srednyaya Bay. For now we remain on […]

November 5, 2019 Stay tuned

November 5, 2019 The Coalition “Free Russian Whales” and the public were unfairly ignored in a news report on Channel One!! They noted – only Rosprirodnadzor, […]

November 6, 2019 In two days only 19 belugas out of 50 were loaded from seapens to the ship that will transport them. For 2 days, […]

November 7, 2019 The press service of VNIRO informed that due to the deterioration of weather and the forced interruption in the loading of animals, changes […]

November 7, 2019 Kaganovsky left at night, but we could not do it – according to the rules of navigation night crossings are prohibited for small […]

November 8, 2019 VNIRO reports that in Uspenia bay “Professor Kaganovsky” began release of 19 beluga whales. The vessel with animals arrived there early this morning.⠀Our […]

November 9, 2019 Our observers report that release of belugas from Zodiak didn’t take place yet. Please stay tuned Photo: Greenpeace Russia

November 10, 2019 We are waiting for more news from our observers. Stay tuned. Photo: Greenpeace Russia

November 10, 2019 Today was the last day of release of the belugas. Last night “Professor Kaganovsky” with 18 belugas on board came to Uspenia Bay […]

November 13, 2019 The situation among the activists became a bit heated, some of them are very worried that belugas were not supposed to be released […]

November 14, 2019 The whales were set free, now it’s time for baby walruses!⠀Friends, a lot of questions come from you about walruses in the former […]

November 16, 2019 “Free Russian whales ” coalition was put nominated for the Russian Headliner of the Year 2019 award. Coalition is presented by Dmitry Lisitsyn, […]

⠀On the left, she and her mother in 2016, and on the right, she is in the “whale jail” in 2018. She was stolen from her […]

Today, a huge inflatable orca appeared on the Moscow River near the Kremlin with the poster “Thank you for releasing – don’t capture us anymore!”. Activists […]

Friends, members of our coalition sent a number of letters to the state supervisory authorities about the illegality of capture and keeping of walruses in Srednaya […]

November 20, 2019 How endangered dolphins can end up in the dolphinariums?⠀The “Russia-24” channel published an investigation by Eduard Petrov “Tears of a Dolphin” about illegal […]

November 21, 2019 This video was posted on Instagram of a former mayor of Vladivostok Vladimir Nikolaev⠀We found out that it was taken in Krakowka Bay […]

November 24, 2019 People called me Kirill. I had a different name in my family, and only my relatives knew my real name. I had to […]

November 26, 2019 Not a single official has yet been prosecuted for illegal actions that have led to the capture of hundred of whales and damage […]

December 16, 2019 On November 10, the last prisoners of the whale jail 50 belugas were released in the Uspenia bay in Primorye. These belugas were […]

December 26, 2019 The famous oceanologist and conservationist Jean-Michel Cousteau sent a video message in which he thanks Russia for the release of 10 orcas and […]

December 31, 2019 We also express our gratitude to the deputies and officials for their principled position on the ban on capturing and keeping of cetaceans […]

January 25, 2020 This footage was taken today at Srednyaya Bay. The whale jail is empty, the nets in the enclosures are pulled up, there’s hardly […]

Free Russian whales coalition received the footage from one of the surveillance cameras in Primorsky oceanarium. According to eyewitnesses who sent the video, trainer Dmitry Bachinsky […]