The fact that it makes you feel sick is a good thing: it means that you haven't lost your humanity. And this is the really dangerous thing right now: the fact that many people are starting to see 'Russians' and not 'Russia/Putin' as the problem. Obviously Russians have some agency, but not to the degree that many think they do. They could do a lot more, but for people who have not lived under the jackboot of a dictator for the whole of their lives this may seem a bit simpler and less dangerous than it really is.

Even so: the only real change can come from within Russia.