On Wednesday, Cora Anderson, who works with the Russian scientist Kseniia Petrova, shared the news of Petrova’s detention on Facebook, saying the Russian scientist arrived at Boston Logan international airport on 16 February from a trip to France when she was stopped by US authorities.
According to Anderson, authorities revoked Petrova’s visa and told her that she was to be deported to Russia. In response, Petrova said that she feared political persecution and was instead sent by authorities to a detention facility, Anderson said.
Why might a Russian national flee to the US and say she doesn’t want to go back to Russia? Political oppression, as she says in her own words? Maybe, just maybe, this Russian woman is a good guy (gal), and Putin wants her back to make an example out of her as to what happens when you’re a good guy in Putin’s Russia…