Kseniia Petrova’s future has hung in the balance since she allegedly failed to declare frog embryos that she was bringing ...

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday ordered Harvard medical researcher Kseniia Petrova released from custody as she faces charges related to the alleged smuggling of frog embryos. Petrova was ...

Kseniia Petrova is a research scientist at Harvard Medical School who was detained by ICE on February 16 for not properly declaring frog embryo samples, which she was bringing back to her lab ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Kseniia Petrova never imagined she would face significant immigration issues, but it has been 68 days since she was detained at the Boston airport while traveling with ...

The Trump administration has levied federal smuggling charges against Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova as the Russian national fights for her freedom from immigration detention. Prosecutors filed the ...

BOSTON (AP) — A Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher, who was already facing deportation back to Russia, was charged Wednesday with trying to smuggle frog embryos into the country.

FILE - This undated photo provided by Polina Pugacheva in April 2025 shows Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born scientist who was a researcher at Harvard University. (Polina Pugacheva via AP, File) ...

Kseniia Petrova, 30, was sent to a U.S. Michael Casey, The Associated Press May 14, 2025 4:27 PMMay 14, 2025 4:35 PM Print ...

A federal judge in Vermont on Wednesday released a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher from immigration custody as she deals with a criminal charge of smuggling frog embryos into ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Kseniia Petrova never imagined she would face significant immigration issues, but it has been 68 days since she was detained at the Boston airport while ...

After an interrogation, Petrova was told her visa was being canceled. Romanovsky said Customs and Border Protection officials had no legal basis for canceling Kseniia’s visa and detaining her.