The US immigration and customs police (ICE) refused to release before the court the scientist from Russia Ksenia Petrov, who was detained during the import of undeclared frog embryos, writes Bloomberg. Petrov works at Harvard University. She was detained on February 16 at Boston Airport, when she returned from France and drove the embryos of frogs for her research. The scientist was canceled by an American visa and transferred it to an immigration prison in Louisian, where she is waiting for a court, which will be held on May 7. Petrova’s Council of conditionally-long release was rejected before the court hearing. Ice considered that Petrova did not prove that she does not represent a “danger to society.” A letter with a refusal received by the scientist says that ICE took into account the “evidence of past criminal activity” and “activities that contradict the interests of the US national security”. She also did not prove that in case of release, there is no risk that she would escape, writes Bloomberg. When the detention of Petrov, she told the border guards that she would be dangerous if she was deported to Russia because she expressed her anti -war position and disagreement with the Kremlin policy. According to Harvard Crimson, in Russia it was detained in 2022 for anti -war protest. The ADVOKTOK PETROVA Grigory Romanovsky said that violation of customs rules did not give border guards to the authority to cancel and detain them, calling their actions “extremely disproportionate”. According to him, the punishment for violation of customs rules is a fine. (Tagstotranslate) News
