There has not yet been another coup, or a riot. And, sure enough, October 7 passed without more than a ripple of unrest. What people fear is the future. They can keep living with what is, the old life, but they are terribly afraid of what a new life may look like. They can deal with everything as it comes, the worst part is not knowing what will be next.
Shortages encourage hoarding goods, and hoarding exacerbates the shortages.
Most are neither Communists nor fascists. They try to live with as little as possible reference to their government, as they have done now for decades. Evgeny Primakov may be the new prime minister, but people talking of him fumble to recall his name, or maybe they pretend to having forgotten it. It's the same old life, but now illuminated by glitzy ads for German clothing, French perfume, and American cigarettes. General attitudes towards our own country are complex.