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Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos is being released from federal custody
- Kseniia Petrova, a 30-year-old Harvard researcher born in Russia, was released from federal detention on Thursday after facing allegations related to the illegal importation of frog embryos into the United States.
- Petrova was detained at Boston Logan International Airport in February after returning from France with undeclared nonliving frog embryo samples, leading to smuggling charges filed in May in Massachusetts.
- A judge determined that the immigration officers’ conduct was improper, found Petrova to be no risk, and concluded the embryos were inactive, safe, and posed no threat, while her colleagues provided testimony highlighting the importance of her cancer research.
- Petrova said in April she did not intend to smuggle items and was unaware they needed declaration, and her attorney Gregory Romanovsky confirmed the legal process is ongoing with a probable cause hearing set for next week.
- Petrova was released under travel restrictions with her passport held, and she is considering offers from multiple countries while remaining grateful for the support received during detention.
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Harvard Medical School scientist Kseniia Petrova was released on bail Thursday after spending four months in ICE detention. The Trump administration has sought to deport Petrova, a Russian national, accusing her of criminal smuggling for failing to declare nonhazardous frog samples when she reentered the U.S. from a trip to France. Petrova is due back in court next week.
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Kseniia Petrova, the Russian scientist who spent four months in detention after failing to declare scientific samples she was carrying into the country, was freed on bail from federal custody Thursday by a magistrate judge in Boston.
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Russian scientist and Harvard Medical School researcher Ksenia Petrova was released on bail after being held in U.S. federal custody for allegedly failing to declare scientific samples she brought into the country, The New York Times reported Thursday.
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