Mother and son Olga and Nikita Belov say they were facing jail and potential torture after asylum case was rejected A Russian family who were on the brink of being deported from Finland after repeatedly being denied asylum – despite the threat of arrest, imprisonment and torture for their pro-Ukr...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/17/finland-halts-deportation-russian-family-opposed-ukraine-invasion)