According to Bert Sundström, what is happening now in Kazakhstan is an expression of long-standing dissatisfaction among the population in the authoritarian country, which is not doing very well despite large supplies of both oil and natural gas.
- People really feel that this is not going well, you want to see change, says SVT's Russia correspondent.
For the fourth day in a row, police and protesters have clashed and gunfire has been heard from the square in the main city of Almaty.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, around 2,000 people have been detained there by the police.
At the request of President Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev, the Russian-led military alliance CSTO has been sent to the country.
To date, many civilians and police have been killed and more than 1,000 people have been injured "as a result of riots in various regions", according to the Kazakh Ministry of Health.
According to the ministry, a total of more than 1,000 people have been injured around the country.
Nearly 400 people have been hospitalized, according to information on Thursday night.
However, the information from the authorities has not been confirmed by independent sources.
Communications within the country and with the outside world have been hampered by the fact that mobile traffic and messaging services are subject to extensive disruptions with hour-long shutdowns of the internet, writes TT.
Due to the current security situation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been advising Swedes from unnecessary trips to Kazakhstan since Thursday afternoon.
What do the protesters demand? And why is Russia interfering? Listen to Bert Sundström in the clip above.