I spent quite a lot of time here explaining to the people it's not all black and white and 0 to 100 km/h in 0.5 seconds.
Russia of today is not Soviet Union of 20s-40s. It being authoritarian state, does not mean that it automatically executes people in droves for opposing/defecting/dodging. There is a lot of shit going on, but mass executions of their own "traitors" and "enemies of the people" is not on the menu.
Some specific people may slip off balconies or get served tea, but it's not Soviet times where millions were shot/starved/worked to death by grampa Stalin.