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Read recent published observations from the Russian Far East. Each entry keeps its original source attribution and a link back to the archive.
Local fishers saw a young spotted seal in a backwater of the Razdolnaya River near Borisovka and named it Vegas. The Tyulen rehabilitation centre later coordinated its return to coastal waters.
Source: Kirill Starkov — MK Vladivostok, citing fishers and Tyulen centre
6 July 2026 2026 · Primorsky KraiResponders found a female Steller sea lion with a plastic packing ring embedded around her neck at Nevelsk breakwater. Friends of the Ocean removed the ring and named her Lentochka.
Source: Darya Mendeleeva — ASI; Vyacheslav Kozlov, Friends of the Ocean
10 June 2026 2026 · Sakhalin Oblast