They are free to come up with a way to oppose those parties and change their country. They just haven't bothered for the last 700+ years and absolutely love their tzars whoever they may be. They also have no desire to face their country's past and work with their neighbours to understand why they are so despised. Maybe they could start with asking Poles how they feel about renaming the Königsberg enclave to Kaliningrad, because that name translates into "the city of Kalinin". Who was Kalinin?
"On 5 March 1940, six members of the Politburo – Kalinin, Stalin, Vyacheslav Molotov, Lazar Kaganovich, Kliment Voroshilov, and Anastas Mikoyan – signed an order to execute 25,700 Polish "nationalists and counterrevolutionaries" (Polish intelligentsia, priests, and military officers) kept at camps and prisons in occupied western Ukraine and Belarus,[15][16] ultimately leading to the Katyn massacre."
I don't believe it's true at all. I frequent some Russian forums to get a general sentiment and although people are quite careful to be not too open so that they don't get in trouble, it's pretty clear that Putin is hated for getting the country in this deep shit.
I also frequent some Russian forums. I have an impression that on average, Russians don’t blame Putin for starting the war against Ukraine. They hate him for being unable to win the war he started.
They don’t seem to oppose crimes committed by their government. They believe the main reason their country in deep shit is western military aid to Ukraine, and international sanctions against Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Kalinin
"On 5 March 1940, six members of the Politburo – Kalinin, Stalin, Vyacheslav Molotov, Lazar Kaganovich, Kliment Voroshilov, and Anastas Mikoyan – signed an order to execute 25,700 Polish "nationalists and counterrevolutionaries" (Polish intelligentsia, priests, and military officers) kept at camps and prisons in occupied western Ukraine and Belarus,[15][16] ultimately leading to the Katyn massacre."
Kaliningrad borders with Poland.