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Russian Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova 'knowingly' smuggled illicit items to US: feds
The Department of Homeland Security alleged that Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School, ...
Harvard researcher held in Louisiana awaits judge’s decision on deportation to Russia
Petrova, 30, was sent to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Louisiana where she continues to await a ...
Russian researcher at Harvard says she was 'shocked completely' at being detained by ICE
A Russian researcher at Harvard who is being held for failing to declare frog embryos while passing through customs tells ABC News that the ordeal has been shocking.
Who is Kseniia Petrova? 30-year-old Russian-born Harvard scientist pioneering cancer research detained by ICE
Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard cancer scientist, faces deportation to Russia, jeopardizing her research and sparking legal ...
ICE Is Trying To Deport a Harvard Medical School Researcher Over Frog Embryos
An immigration judge found the official document initiating Kseniia Petrova’s deportation to be legally deficient. She ...
Scientist for Harvard detained by immigration agents while returning to U.S. with frog embryo samples
It's been 68 days since Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born scientist who until a couple months ago was a researcher at Harvard ...
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Russian-born Harvard researcher describes detention at ICE facility and deportation fears
Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School, has been detained by ICE since February. She was arrested as she returned to Boston with frog embryo samples. The government says she ...
Detained over frog embryos: Why this Russia-born Harvard scientist’s arrest in Boston could stall a major medical advance
Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist crucial to cancer diagnostic advancements, has been detained for two months, raising ...
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Judge questions deportation case of Russian-born Harvard scientist detained by ICE
An immigration judge has found the U.S. government’s initial deportation case against Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born Harvard ...
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New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial ...
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Groundbreaking cancer research at risk as Homeland Security moves to deport scientist
UPDATE (April 23, 2025, 11:09 a.m. ET): A Louisiana judge found Kseniia Petrova’s deportation legally deficient at a preliminary immigration hearing Tuesday, her lawyer told NBC News. According ...
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Harvard researcher held in Louisiana awaits judge's decision on deportation to Russia
Kseniia Petrova never imagined she would face significant ... The Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher associate was in the United States legally. But she finds herself thrust ...