You proved the old adage about "assume." FTA: On a video, posted on YouTube, bassist Jared Hasselhoff is seen pushing the Russian white-blue-red tricolour into the front of his pants and then pulling it out of the back.
Generally, in the not too distant past, music fans who burn their own countries' flags have taken a dim view of musicians from other countries burning those same flags. Ask Keith Emerson about that some day.
The Russians should have waited till he got in their country and arrested him.
As you can see I don’t keep up much with Rock bands. I used to keep up with country, but that aint country any more so now I just listen to my old CD’s of George, Johnny, Buck, and Patsy.