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The European Union has expressed concern over Hungary’s decision to ease visa rules for citizens of Russia and Belarus, fearing that this could increase the risk of espionage within the bloc, according to Euractiv. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who remains one of the few EU leaders to maintain close ties with the Kremlin after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, recently signed a decree expanding an accelerated visa program to eight countries, including Russia and Belarus. Previously, this program granted “national cards” only to citizens of Ukraine and Serbia, allowing t…

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