Russian scientist Kseniia Petrova is detained by ICE for smuggling frog embryos into the US.
A scientist from Russia, previously affiliated with Harvard Medical School, has been accused of attempting to smuggle a frog embryo into the U.S., according to federal prosecutors. Researcher Kseniia Petrova was apprehended at Boston’s international airport in February while carrying an embryo stash and has been held in a detention facility since then. The 31-year-old […]
Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova faces smuggling charges while contesting her deportation.
Kseniia Petrova, a scientist originally from Russia and currently a researcher at Harvard University, was charged with one count of bringing contraband into the country on Wednesday. This charge marks a significant escalation by the Trump administration in cases that have attracted international attention from scholars and scientists globally. At 30 years old, Petrova was […]
Russian Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova’ ‘knowingly’ broke the law: feds
Federal authorities have said Harvard’s Xenia Petrova “deliberately broke the law” amid continuing push for the deportation of Russian scientists. Petrova, a bioinformentor at the Kirschner Institute at Harvard Medical School, was taken into custody at Boston Logan International Airport On February 16th, when she returned from a trip to Paris. Her lawyer, Gregory Romanovsky, […]
Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School, Kseniia Petrova, detained by Ice at Boston airport
According to colleagues and reports, Russian scientists working at Harvard Medical School are in custody by federal immigration officials. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency is detaining Russian scientists from Harvard Medical School. Getty Images Kseniia Petrova is currently being held at the US Immigration Customs Facilities facility in Louisiana after returning from a […]