I have a lot of compassion and empathy for the situation the Russian people are in right now, but they did make the system they are currently living in. If they want it to stop, they are going to have to stop it.
The alcoholic "President" before Putin had actual tanks firing at congress when things didn't go his way.
Before that, communist supreme rulers who murdered those who opposed them. And their own party members to get the throne.
Before that, Tsars, imperialist supreme rules who murdered those who opposed them. And their own family members to get the throne.
Again, I don't want this to sound like a blame you. I understand that real life is more scary than some intellectual debate on HN, especially coming from a dude in western Europe, but philosophically I don't see who else holds the blame, because it's sure as hell not ONLY Putin.