Russia orders release of orcas, belugas in 'whale jail'

Images of whales kept in cramped enclosures in a bay near the Sea of Japan triggered a wave of criticism.

Images of the whales, kept in cramped enclosures in a bay near the Sea of Japan port town of Nakhodka, first appeared last year, triggering a wave of criticism.

Russia's federal security service, the FSB, brought charges against four companies on Monday for breaking fishing laws, TASS reported. "We are doing everything we can," Ecology Minister Dmitry Kobylkin was cited by TASS news agency as saying.

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