A judge has ordered Harvard University researcher Kseniia Petrova to be released from custody after she was detained for allegedly smuggling frog embryos into the country. “We are gratified that today’s hearing gave us the opportunity to present clear and convincing evidence that Kseniia Petrova was not carrying anything dangerous or unlawful,

Kseniia Petrova, a genetics researcher originally from Russia, still remains jailed on a separate federal criminal charge in Massachusetts alleging she illegally tried to smuggle frog embryo research samples into the United States.