linguistic nuances

Dinner with a Russianist friend, who mentioned that US coverage of the Russian protests in December had optimistically translated the "Росси́я для ру́сских" being chanted by some protestors as "Give Russia back to the people."  This interpretation might be more convincing, he said, if several of the older groups of protestors hadn't also been flying - unidentified by the US media - the black-yellow-white flag traditionally associated with Russian nationalism and the Black Hundreds.