A sad evening for Slovak sports. It started with a recording of Russian propaganda – Denník N

The two events are not related to each other, but they happened shortly after each other and decent people must have been disgusted by the feeling of Slovak sports. First, on Thursday at half past six in the evening, the position of the Slovak Ice Hockey Association was published. Its executive committee, headed by president Miroslav Šatan, considered whether to ban players who play in the KHL from representing Slovakia. He did not forbid. And it didn’t stop there. The justification for his decision was recorded by Russian propaganda and disinformation. At nine o’clock, the European Conference League match between Slovan Bratislava and Žalgiris Vilnius started at the National Football Stadium. Before him, they announced a minute of silence for the British Queen Elizabeth II. Eleven thousand people obeyed the call, stood up and were silent. In the ultras sector, there were several individuals who whistled during the remembrance of the Queen. Useful… hockey players An even bigger problem than the fact that players from the KHL will be able to play for the national team is the way the hockey association explained it. Not even Putin’s propagandists could have done it better – an exemplary distraction from the essence of the problem, which any pro-Russian troll will fall for. “We have This article is exclusive content for Denník N subscribers. Are you a subscriber? Log in