Putin’s war is very popular at home with almost 100% support.
The few that don’t support the war are a few homeless bums. (sarcasm)
Here is what a Russian wrote about current Russia on Quora.
“Why are Russians in Russia, aged 71, scared of Putin? If Putin, age 71, is getting old and senile, why are people afraid of Putin in Russia?
Many people in Russia SINCERELY support putin (including most of my family). Why?
1) Relentless propaganda on TV which conflates patriotism with support of our glorious leader. I.e. you cannot love Russia unless you are in love with putin and his policies. Alternative points of view are deemed destructive by defintion and are not broadcast anymore.
2) Breadcrumbs of earnings received by selling natural resources are distributed among population making lives of most people more or less ok (we don’t have a very high bar when it comes to living standards).
3) 71 is far from being senile nowadays and like it or not putin is still on top of his game.
4) putin successfully promotes Russia as the bastion of “traditional family values” skillfully exaggerating the insanity happening in the western countries. He argues against making heroes of people with sexual deviations, stressing that the real heroes are the people who do an ungrateful and hard job of raising children. Most people in Russia justifiably support this viewpoint and consequentially corruption, bad governance and other terrible things we are not even supposed to talk about are forgiven or forgotten.
5) Inability to change anything (serious challenge will be squashed) makes people either indifferent or often even supportive of putin - it’s a natural tendency to sincerely and sometimes fanatically support things we have to live with anyway. Makes life much much easier.”