I recently found out that Fred Durst supported Russia 10 years ago. He held up a banner with "crimea = russia" written on it. He kinda was "friends" with Putin as well.
[[Disclamer] English is not my first language so I am sorry for some spelling mistakes]
But after further research I was able to find some reasons behind all this and why it might not be clear that he is pro russia.
First he wanted to live in russia with his ukrainean girlfriend and even wanted to become a Russian citizen because his girlfriend had family in crimea and they wanted to move to them. To become a citizen in russia, you have to accept Putins political point of view (even Russian citizens might go to jail for saying stuff against Putin) So Fred Durst had to say positive stuff about Putin to get accepted.
In an German interview from 2023 (I can send you the link if you want) Fred Durst said that he didn't know what was written on that banner he held up because that banner was from a fan in the crowd and he thought there would be something limp bizkit related on it like "Limp Bizkit = cool" since it was written in russian language.
After the war started, Fred took all Russian related posts down. In that German interview, he also said that war is bad and it makes him said thinking about people having war.
The reason he never clearly said he is against Russian politics:
- limp bizkit is very popular in Russia and he wants to stay in a positive light there
- in that german interview he said that he wants to avoid political news
Other political views don't fit to Putin:
- doesn't support trump
- supports LGBTQ
- anti war
I hope my text was understandable. If you have more points just put them in the comments :D