Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born scientist and researcher at Harvard University, was charged on Wednesday with one criminal count of smuggling goods into the country. The criminal charge represents

Petrova's attorney Gregory Romanovsky in a statement called the case against his client "meritless" and Customs and Border Protection had "no legal basis" for canceling her visa and detaining her. The post ‘Will face grave danger’: Harvard scientist accused of smuggling frog embryos into US could face Putin’s wrath if deported back to Russia,