To the best of my understanding reading a range of media, there is some unrest in Russia, but the clear majority are still on the side of Russia, even if grudgingly.
The ordinary Russians have a cultural history of patriotic suffering. They can endure a lot.
Seems to be my take on it too.
People try to compare Putin to Hitler but I don't see that at all, well, for most parts anyway.
Whereas Hitler did generate mass popularity and this true sense of nationalism I don't really see that in Russia.
People in Russia have long accepted that there are certain roles they have to play, and they've got very very little influence on that.
They can see that those who go against the grain either end up in jail or fall out windows ... So, people seem to begrudgingly go along with it all.
Of course, there are still many that support him and believe the absolute nonsense that comes out of his mouth. Maybe it's because they're privileged on the back of Putin's world so they don't want to lose that?
I know Russians here in Slovenia largely don't openly oppose Putin out of fear for their families back in Russia and they own business interests. Fear drives them to conform as they don't believe anything can be changed.
Take the mobilisation as an example. In general, the Russian community wasn't totally against it as they believed they wouldn't be targetted to go. However, when more and more of the 'ordinary' people started getting roped in instead of the ethnic minorities then things changed and they ended up stopping mobilisation after universities, bars, clubs etc were hit.
I guess it's a case of what you can't see won't hurt you. People are happy living with their heads in the sand?
Change has to occur as Russia can't continue on this path, but there's going to be a lot of blood before that happens.