One more pros: you already know some Italian words. In many languages you can find borrowed Latin words.

One time I stumbled on an interview with an Italian lady. I understood a couple of sentences because some of the words were similar to Spanish, which I am learning. Her enunciation was so melodic. It almost made me want to learn Italian.

Cons: the verb conjugations are criminal esp. if you don’t speak any similar language. Why do nouns have to be gendered anyway??

Pro: You are able to speak the most beautiful language. This trumps all.

Hi

As you may be know we Russians like good discussion very much

Especially when it is "For all good things and against all bad things in the world "

So here is my 2 cents

Or you learn it for your professional life OR for fun

If it is for your professional life - just do it

If it is for fun - you should spend another 3-4 years everyday lessons . After some consideration may be it is not such a fun ... But people do strange things sometimes if they have some time, money or internal desires

Frankly it is absolutely uclear to me why people try to study Russian. You can speak more or less properly only after tough 5-7 years of learning. So I can see only 2 reasons for that - you have the desperate need to communicate with smbd or you would like to train your brain.

Regards