{"id":3075,"date":"2019-02-07T03:33:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T00:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/?p=3075"},"modified":"2026-03-29T19:01:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T16:01:37","slug":"world-famous-freediving-and-diving-champions-famous-underwater-photographers-and-many-other-famous-representatives-of-the-water-sport-community-supported-our-campaign-and-said-no-to-whale-ja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/en\/world-famous-freediving-and-diving-champions-famous-underwater-photographers-and-many-other-famous-representatives-of-the-water-sport-community-supported-our-campaign-and-said-no-to-whale-ja\/","title":{"rendered":"World famous freediving and diving champions, famous underwater photographers and many other famous representatives of the water-sport community supported our campaign and said NO to \u201cWhale jails\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During the MoscowDiveShow exhibition about 2000 people signed an appeal to the President of the Russian Federation on the release of killer whales and beluga whales from the \u201cWhale jail\u201d and the ban on captures of cetaceans!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are glad to share with you photos from the event<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On pictures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The appeal for the freedom of the whales is supported by the deepest man, who set the record for scuba diving &#8211; 332 meters &#8211; Ahmed Gabr!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/8E4f_ypTGlI.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/8E4f_ypTGlI.jpg 960w, https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/8E4f_ypTGlI-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/8E4f_ypTGlI-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/8E4f_ypTGlI-219x146.jpg 219w, https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/8E4f_ypTGlI-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/8E4f_ypTGlI-113x75.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Absolute world freediving champion &#8211; a unique athlete, the President of the Russian Federation of Freediving &#8211; Alexey Molchanov, plunging into a breath-hold for 130 (!) Meters, says NO to whale prisons!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/fnjx8TFFuYA.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/fnjx8TFFuYA.jpg 960w, https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/fnjx8TFFuYA-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/fnjx8TFFuYA-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/fnjx8TFFuYA-219x146.jpg 219w, https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/fnjx8TFFuYA-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/fnjx8TFFuYA-113x75.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Silver medalist of the European Championship and champion of Russia &#8211; Yuri Shmatko, world champion and Guinness freediving record holder Marina Kazankova,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"638\" src=\"http:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/JxJbbYAQ5hY-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/JxJbbYAQ5hY-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/JxJbbYAQ5hY-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/JxJbbYAQ5hY-1-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/JxJbbYAQ5hY-1-220x146.jpg 220w, https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/JxJbbYAQ5hY-1-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/JxJbbYAQ5hY-1-113x75.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mikhail Korostelev, a famous underwater photographer and conservationist, signs our appeal for the freedom of whales.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"641\" src=\"http:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/50985937_2203870529672765_6636094019896082432_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/50985937_2203870529672765_6636094019896082432_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/50985937_2203870529672765_6636094019896082432_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/50985937_2203870529672765_6636094019896082432_n-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/50985937_2203870529672765_6636094019896082432_n-219x146.jpg 219w, https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/50985937_2203870529672765_6636094019896082432_n-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/50985937_2203870529672765_6636094019896082432_n-112x75.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We plan to take the appeal with all the signatures to the Administration of the President of Russia by the end of this week.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the MoscowDiveShow exhibition about 2000 people signed an appeal to the President of the Russian Federation on the release of killer whales and beluga whales<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-1","post_format-post-format-aside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3075"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3078,"href":"https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3075\/revisions\/3078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freerussianwhales.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}