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1. Harvard scientist opposed Ukraine war fears deportation back to Russia after US visa revoked

A Harvard scientist who fled Russia because she opposed the war in Ukraine is facing deportation from the U.S. after being detained over undeclared frog embryos.

Kseniia Petrova, a bioinformatician at the Kirschner Lab at Harvard Medical School, was detained at the U.S. border on February 16 while returning from France and had her visa revoked, according to her friend Cora Anderson.

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed Petrova’s detention in a statement to The Independent, alleging that she had “knowingly broken the law” by attempting to “smuggle” undeclared frog embryos and petri dishes through customs.

Petrova’s lawyer, Gregory Romanovsky, ... accused U.S. Customs and Border Protection of trying to “punish” her by revoking her visa, and said it was “quite likely” she would receive a long jail sentence if sent back to Russia ...

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/harvard-scientist-who-opposed-ukraine-war-fears-deportation-back-to-russia-after-having-her-us-visa-revoked/ar-AA1BOggU