Russia to release killer whales in new habitat Russia is to free captured killer whales over the next month. Despite expert advice, they will not return them to their original habitat, instead they will be freed in the bay where they have been held near the town of Nakhodka -- more than 1,300 kilometres (800 miles) south from where they were actually caught in the Sea of Okhotsk. "We believe that the optimal release time is in late May to early June," says scientist Vladislav Rozhnov, who was involved in talks over their fate. IMAGES of press-briefing and SOUNDBITES of scientist