As far as I'm aware, Navalny succeeded in a loophole that didn't caught the eye of the government with 'Smart Voting'. Which made him "internal enemy #1" at the time, as it wasn't a vote "for a particular political party", but against the current one.
Concerning Kazakhstan, I didn't say the unrest was anti-Russian, though I see why it could be misinterpreted. I think Russia jumped in to affirm that it's useful to have them as an 'ally'. At least that was my gist of it. But I didn't follow that in detail.