with the false claim that Slovak flags had been banned from all games because of their similarity to the Russian flag. “UEFA ...
In 1992, the so-called Velvet Divorce split the country in to Czech Republic and Slovakia. This history helps to explain the similarity of the flags - both countries use the same colours as Russia ...
In fact I was paying the highest taxes of any entrepreneur in Slovakia," he said, as the red, white and blue flags of Slovakia fluttered behind him against the backdrop of Bratislava Castle.