Prosecutors Seek to Drop Charges Against Russian Scientist Accused of Smuggling Frog Embryos

NYT Science Wednesday 04 November 2026, 03:25 UTC By Carolyn Y. Johnson 1 min read

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Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born scientist at Harvard, seen after she was released from U.S. federal custody in Boston in 2025.

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Prosecutors Seek to Drop Charges Against Russian Scientist Accused of Smuggling Frog Embryos

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