TALLINN – The foreign and interior ministers of the Nordic and Baltic countries have sent a joint letter to European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson to express concern about Hungary’s decision to extend the system of national cards to citizens of Russia and Belarus.

Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said that Hungary’s decision to ease the terms of entry into Hungary and therefore to the Schengen area for Russian and Belarusian nationals is in no way justified in a situation where Russia is continuing its war in Ukraine and also intensifying its hybrid actions against EU countries.

“Therefore, this constitutes a great…