# US prosecutors drop all criminal charges against Russian scientist

https://mins.news/en/item/129888

- CNN, 2026-11-05 01:01 UTC
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- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/04/us/us-frog-embryo-researcher?Date=20261104&Profile=CNN

> US prosecutors have dropped every criminal charge against a Russian scientist who was sent to an immigration detention facility last year after arriving at Boston airport with frog embryos for cancer research at Harvard Medical School.

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