The judge rules in favor of the Russian Harvard world, who is held in the ice, on charges of smuggling

A federal judge in Vermont ruled in favor of a Russian scientist at Harvard University, which was reserved by the ice and was accused of smuggling goods to the United States on Wednesday.

Kseniia Petrova, 31, she was first detained by ICE before being transferred to the Criminal Civilization earlier this month. On Wednesday’s ruling guarantees that if the guarantee is granted and its release is given to the criminal hearing next week, ICE cannot detain it again.

The administration of President Donald Trump is seeking to deport Petrova to Russia after being detained at Logan Airport in Boston in February. She worked as a researcher at Harvard University Medical College for more than two years, and fellow schoolmates witnessed her defense in Wednesday’s session.

The authorities accused Petrova of smuggling biological materials after TSA found at the airport a fetal frigate embryo and samples in their luggage.

The Russian scientist at the Harvard University Faculty of Medicine detained him at Boston Airport

The judge decided on Wednesday that Petrova is not a flight risk and does not pose any danger to society. The criminal sponsorship hearing will be held next week in Massachusetts.

The judge also noted that Petrova’s work at Harvard University has benefited from the United States, as her team focuses on cancer research.

the The American lawyer office said That Petrova denied denying the existence of biological materials at first, but later admitted to carrying them.

Prosecutors also claim that Petrova’s text messages show that they were aware that they needed a permit to bring the fracture embryos of the claws and Embryo That was allegedly found in her luggage. In one of the text messages that the office cited, Petrova was asked whether she had a plan to introduce biological materials in the United States, and they claimed that she replied by saying: “There is no plan yet. I will not be able to swallow it.”

Gregory Romovsky, a lawyer who represents Petrova, says that customs experts confirmed that his client “does not need a permit to bring in non -living scientific samples that are not considered a biological material under the American Customs Law.”

Petrova said in an interview New York Times She was returning to the United States after her vacation in Paris when Iss was detained in February. She also expressed her fear of arresting Russia if she was deported, because she was critical of the war in Ukraine.

While she admitted in the joints not to fill a customs model regarding the frog embryos in its luggage, I believed that this would lead to a fine or warning, not arrest.

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“At Logan International Airport, I did not complete a customs advertisement of frog embryos (for use in our laboratory research) in my luggage. I was told that this usually leads to a warning or fine. Instead, my visa was canceled, and I was sent to a detention center in Louisiana.”

Rachel Wolf Fox News contributed to this report.