The CPRF position is actually more balanced than the Kalashnikov comments might suggest as you can see from this later statement:

https://kprf.ru/party-live/cknews/207796.html

which denounces the current Kazakh government but warns of the role of the hidden hand of imperialism that is exploiting the unrest. And it is on that basis that the CPRF supports the entry of Russian peace-keeping forces.

pip,pip,

H A R Philby
(Col.ret'd)