Russian scientist held in Ice jail charged with smuggling frog embryos into US

Kseniia Petrova, Harvard researcher arrested in February, faces deportation as lawyer calls case meritless'

A Harvard scientist who has been held in US immigration detention for months was charged on Wednesday with smuggling frog embryos into the United States, and likely faces deportation.

Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist and research associate working at Harvard University, was originally detained by immigration officials in February after attempting to enter the United States at Boston Logan international airport.