There are no mature or senior native Russian citizens alive who did not experience this relentless absolute totalitarian Marxism.
Their reaction is entirely human, to learn how to survive and adapt what you cannot change.
That Russians did so actually speaks more to their strength than their flaws.
The Western economic effort to "rescue" Russians from Communism after the Fall of the Soviet Union was not genuine or earnest.
In fact, it was a Western Elitist attempt to secure a favorable position in ownership and control of Russian and Eastern European assets and natural resources using purchased favorable treatment from Yeltsin.
These are the same entities that attack Russia now, and demonize Russians and Russian leaders that stand up to Western exploitation as a bunch Godless Commies.
Individual Russians, and the Nation, have and will relearn how to negotiate a non Marxist, partially free market competitive system at different rates, with seniors probably the slowest (Pensioned and less involved with the workforce).
But they will learn how to be competitive with the rest of the world. Remember, the Russians now have had about Seventeen years to catch up to what America has had about 200 years to experiment with.
Russia has been out of Politically Correct Marxism since about 1995, while America and Western Europe have installed Politically Correct Marxism to the point of Tyranny staring in about 1955.
The last thing Russians need is "Help" from the West, because it is not Help, it is Socialist Tyranny and Serfdom.
Russians not only have to learn to negotiate a more Free Market, they have to learn tho watch out for themselves as individuals and Russian Nationals, and learn self sufficiency, too, while detecting and disregarding the Fake News Western Media, including some of their own.
Can they? They certainly have the smarts and the chops.
Will they? God knows.
I think you also underestimate the resilience of the West, our capacity to live up to our values.
Regardless as is true anywhere but especially after something as traumatic as the Soviet Union: Russia needs genuine spiritual revival. I am not talking about the external trappings of Orthodoxy and lip service to political incorrectness.
Here is Russia’s entry this year into the foreign language category for the Golden Globes. Almost 100 countries made submissions and Russia’s made it to the shortlist!
“Loveless” directed Andrey Zvyagintsev
In Loveless, a Broken Family and a Lost Nation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/movies/loveless-review-andrey-zvyagintsev.html