Fear.
Russians (sensibly) fear their leaders, who have always been unhesitant in the use of violence against the merest hint of dissent.
They don't have some deep fear of taking personal responsibility; They have a deep fear of the swift and severe reprisals that any attempt to do so will bring.
Could not agree more. There is also the complete lack of experience living in a world where one is actually free. And that lack of experience and exposure is multigenerational. In the case of Russia there has never been an enlightenment. When there has been tumultuous change it has been to replace one ruthless police system with another. It's a gangland state where terror, imprisonment, torture, corruption and extortion are now normalized and where their domestic products are inferior and cannot be sold globally because the quality is so poor. They're basically a gas station that also sells vodka. Remain obedient and subservient to the bosses and survive same as a gang.