It Is Not Just "Hostile" ...

... this is a metaphysical clash between Satanism of the West, especially as represented by evangelical fundamentalists and dispensationalists against spiritual tradition of 2000 years. 

Italy has privately raised concerns over an EU proposal to sanction Russian Patriarch Kirill, joining Bulgaria in openly opposing the restrictions, Politico has reported. Moscow has long accused Brussels of taking a hostile stance against the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), effectively siding with Ukraine, which views the church as a Russian state entity rather than an independent religious body. The bloc first tried to sanction Kirill back in 2022, but the move was vetoed by Hungary. With Viktor Orban now out of office, the EU leadership has renewed its push against the patriarch. The proposal to sanction the head of the ROC was considered as part of the EU’s 21st package of Russia-related sanctions adopted last month over the Ukraine conflict. Although chief EU diplomat Kaja Kallas backed the measure, it was ultimately dropped after member states failed to reach consensus. 

Italy may raise concerns whatever it wants, but decomposing West will not stop. 

Bulgaria, whose population is predominantly composed of Orthodox Christians, also opposed the proposal. Sofia argued that while it generally does not support “sanctions that are primarily symbolic,” the move could be viewed as religious persecution.

"Symbolic" eventually will become a law and fanatics in Brussels, Paris or Berlin will make sure that Euro-sheeple will not have any alternative to "European values" whose main objective is institutionalizing pedophilia and a complete removal of the traditional morality. This is one of the major drivers of the ongoing conflict between Europe and Russia and whose outcome is already certain. 

One cannot always frame things in purely economic terms, however critical, one must always consider a larger picture and a nature of the conflict which is always complex and what would seem secondary may eventually become primary. In the end, for people who get into the real study of WW II, as much as I do not take Karen Shakhnazarov for serious thinker and the top tier director, in the White Tiger he captured the essence of Europe's centuries-old march to the East. 

That's what Europe wanted. That's what they want--to see Russia and Russians gone. Not all, I'll give them that, but the majority. In the end, Vatican wanted that too.