Overview

• Magistrate Judge Judith Dein granted bail on June 12 under conditions including travel limits and surrender of her passport.
• Petrova must return to Boston federal court on June 18 for a probable cause hearing on charges that she failed to declare frog embryos brought from France.
• A federal judge in Vermont ruled in late May that her immigration detention was unlawful and that she posed no danger, leading to her release from ICE custody.
• Her revoked student visa and the prospect of deportation to Russia have prompted human rights concerns given her anti-war activism and fear of persecution.
• Colleagues at Harvard and international institutions have highlighted the disruption to her cancer research and offered new positions, underscoring the impact of strict immigration enforcement on scientific work.