I won't shed a tear as you say but a few (way too few) opposition figures were killed or sit in prison / were expelled (Yashin, Kara-Murza for example), so pretty much everyone understands the price they will pay.

Ideally the whole regime would start infighting and implode to hell, but ordinary people won't start the process I'm afraid... although the recent fuel shortages could give us some hope if they last long enough.