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Harvard Researcher Faces Deportation Over Frog Embryo Case

5/3/2025

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Harvard researcher Kseniia Petrova has spent nearly three months in detention after allegedly failing to declare frog embryos at Logan Airport. She maintains that her statements were misinterpreted and denies any wrongdoing. A crucial federal hearing in May will decide her fate, as she faces the looming threat of deportation to Russia, where she fears for her safety.

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Harvard researcher Kseniia Petrova has spent nearly three months in detention after allegedly failing to declare frog embryos at Logan Airport. She maintains that her statements were misinterpreted and denies any wrongdoing. A crucial federal hearing in May will decide her fate, as she faces the looming threat of deportation to Russia, where she fears for her safety.