Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán justified his unannounced trip to Russia by citing the economic impact of the Ukraine war on the European Union, in a letter obtained by dpa on Tuesday. “The negative economic effects of the war place a great burden on the everyday lives of our citizens and on the competitiveness of the EU,” Orbán said in the report, dated July 5, and addressed to European Council President Charles Michel and EU leaders. Orbán visited Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin immediately after his first visit to Ukraine since the start of the full-scale Russian invas…