Russian Harvard researcher faces deportation from US over frog imports
Ksenia Petrova. Photo: Facebook A Russian scientist, Ksenia Petrova, has been arrested in the United States on charges of smuggling frog embryos, the US Department of Justice confirmed on Wednesday, with the authorities now seeking her deportation . Petrova, who is currently employed at Harvard University, was detained upon arrival at Boston Airport on 16 February, having flown in from Paris.