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Russian scientist Kseniia Petrova, already facing deportation, charged with smuggling frog embryos into U.S.

Headline from CBS News

Harvard researcher Kseniia Petrova, already facing possible deportation back to Russia, has now been charged with smuggling undeclared biological material into the U.S.

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9 articles, oldest first.

  1. NBC New York

    Harvard scientist facing deportation is charged with smuggling (opens NBC New York)

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    Kseniia Petrova’s attorney, Gregory Romanovsky, argued that the government acted beyond its authority.

  2. The Boston Globe

    Federal judge orders transfer of Harvard scientist to Massachusetts to face smuggling charge (opens The Boston Globe)

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    Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody since February and fears being deported to Russia.

  3. Fox News

    Russian-born Harvard researcher charged with smuggling in federal court (opens Fox News)

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    Kseniia Petrova, 31, was detained in February after clawed frog embryos and embryonic samples were allegedly found in her luggage at Boston's Logan Airport.

  4. CBS News

    Russian scientist Kseniia Petrova, already facing deportation, charged with smuggling frog embryos into U.S. (opens CBS News)

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    Harvard researcher Kseniia Petrova, already facing possible deportation back to Russia, has now been charged with smuggling undeclared biological material into the U.S.

  5. The Hill

    Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova charged with smuggling as she fights deportation (opens The Hill)

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    Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born scientist and researcher at Harvard University, was charged on Wednesday with one criminal count of smuggling goods into the country. The criminal charge represents an escalation by the Trump administration in a case that has drawn international scrutiny from academic…

  6. New York Post

    Harvard Russian scientist being held by ICE, charged with smuggling frog embryos into US (opens New York Post)

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    Kseniia Petrova, a research associate at the Ivy League school, has been holed up at an ICE facility ever since she nabbed after flying into Boston's international airport with the stash of embryos back in February.

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