Russia flag stunt gets Bloodhound Gang band in trouble By Matthew Chance. Karen Smith and Laura Smith-Spark , CNN

Moscow (CNN) -- An American rock band,
Bloodhound Gang, is in trouble with the
Russian authorities over a stunt which saw one
of its band members stuff the Russian flag into
his pants and pull it out from his backside.
The band member told the audience "Don't tell
Putin" before whipping the flag between his
legs -- beneath his trousers -- during a concert
in Odessa, Ukraine, on Wednesday.
He then tossed the flag into the crowd.
The stunt, which was caught on video, was
posted on YouTube and has gone viral in
Russia and Ukraine. Russia's state-run RIA
Novosti news agency named bass guitar player
Jared Hasselhoff as the band member
responsible.
Now the band faces repercussions in Russia,
where it has been barred from performing at
the Kubana music festival, in a southern
Russian territory, Krasnodar Krai, officials said.
"Talked to Krasnodar territory leadership.
Bloodhound Gang packing suitcases. These
idiots won't perform in Kubana," Russian
Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky said on
Twitter Friday.
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A member of the band's crew, who asked to
not be named for security reasons, told CNN
the band was attacked Saturday by Russian
nationalists inside Anapa airport in Krasnodar
Krai.
The band members were "beaten up" by a
crowd of men, he said, who punched and
kicked them. Some of the attackers had whips.
He said there were no serious injuries and that
the band and its entourage were now safe. A
Russian police guard is accompanying them as
they wait for the next flight out, he said.
Bloodhound Gang is still listed among the acts
on the website for the weeklong Kubana
festival on the Black Sea coast, which started
Thursday.
Bloodhound Gang had a big hit in 1999 with
the song "The Bad Touch." The band is known
for releasing satirical and provocative songs