It was in January that Daria Radionova from St. Petersburg began her long-awaited exchange term at Linnaeus University in Växjö.
But then Russia invaded Ukraine, and the future suddenly became uncertain.
Her bank accounts were slashed due to the sanctions, and she had to get used to cash.
Despite this, Daria applied to extend its exchange for another semester, but this time in Lund.
But now eight Swedish universities and colleges, including Linnaeus University, have stopped all academic cooperation with Russian institutions at the request of the government.
No university, on the other hand, will send home students who are already in Sweden.
The autumn exchanges are stopped
This means that Daria can study at LNU during the spring semester, but she can not apply to extend the exchange until the autumn.
- It is difficult to imagine that young people can be banned.
For many of us, an exchange term is the only opportunity to see the world.
To see how governments, economies and politics work in other countries.
And if we do not see it, then how do we come to what we want to change in our own country, says Daria Rodionova.
What can you study in Sweden that you can not study in Russia?
- We learn more about democracies here.
We learn about how society works and about human rights.
This is something that must be implemented in Russia as well, says Daria Rodionova.
SVT has sought representatives from Linnaeus University, who ask to return with a comment.