CHKALOV ISLAND (Khabarovsk Territory), July 31 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin set up a satellite transmitter on a white whale and told it not to be so angry during a visit to Russia's Far East Khabarovsk Territory on Friday.
Upon his arrival on Chkalov Island in the Sea of Okhotsk, Vladimir Putin, accompanied by emergencies minister Sergei Shoigu, laid flowers at a memorial to Russian aircraft test pilot Valery Chkalov, after whom the island was named.
He then met with scientists studying white whales' behavior, migration patterns and habitats.
He inspected U.S. and Russian-made satellite transmitters and watched a movie showing how these transmitters should be fixed on a white whale's body. Then, accompanied by Shoigu and a group of scientists, Putin headed for the sea.
The Russian prime minister then approached a white whale named Dasha in order to attach a transmitter on to it.
Putin asked whether Dasha could eat him and those with him, but a scientist calmed him down, saying: "She won't eat us but could splash us with cold water."
"Probably if she gets angry," Putin replied.
Having attached the transmitter on to Dasha, he clapped the whale on the sides and said: "Don't be angry anymore." The whale was then released back into the sea.
