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Sweden's Migration Agency has overturned a police decision to deport Russian citizens Semyon and Tatyana, who were detained while on holiday near Furuvik, according to the Anti-War Committee of Russia and the Kovcheg (Ark) project. The agency also lifted the accompanying two-year re-entry ban. The couple had been accused of posing a security threat, an allegation their supporters rejected. The case is one of a growing number in Europe in which Russian nationals — including antiwar émigrés — face heightened scrutiny from security services amid the war. In a contrasting decision, a Finnish court rejected an appeal by the family of Russian national Valentin Sergienko against the migration service Migri's refusal to grant them political asylum, former St. Petersburg municipal deputy Svetlana Utkina told Mediazona. The family had cited their support for the Russian opposition and the mother's illness in seeking protection. Together, the two cases illustrate the inconsistent treatment of Russian asylum seekers and residents across European states, where governments are balancing security concerns about Russian nationals against obligations to those fleeing political persecution at home.