I don’t think you realize how massive a force these hyper-nationalists are and how embedded their narratives are to the national psyche, largely due to Putin’s own doing and his regime’s propaganda efforts in education, media, and culture.
The most revealing note is the fact that Rosneft and other oil companies are being brought up in discussion. Average Russians are experiencing declining living standards and economic prospects. Putin tries to distract from this with military parades and installments of new monuments, not to mention the foreign adventures in Ukraine+Syria. This is backfiring.
Okay. Now I see what you want to see there after ‘regime crumbles’.