Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski proposed introducing EU sanctions against Patriarch Kirill. Sikorsky called the patriarch a gentleman who justifies the SVO, since the Russian army protects the population of new regions from gay pride parades.

“I believe that a priest who abuses religion in this way to incite hatred should not have the right to enter the European Union,” the politician added. Earlier, the Estonian Foreign Ministry banned 58 Russians from entering the country, including Patriarch Kiril.