So just 4 days ago we had huge thread about how great she is because she criticized US imperialism and immediately after that she's actively participating in the same imperialism. Also her position on Ukraine remains afaik unchanged, still supporting that fascist and ecocidal imperial puppet. How it is even possible to reconcile, is she two different people or what?
Where exactly is Russia not a "friend" of the left (outside of its domestic policies and social reactionaryism)?
In resisting the western dominated world order, by necessity Russia is one of the more actively anti-imperialist states out there, for starters.
Their championing the cause of de-dollarization (again, by necessity) and assisting in uplifting/working together with the global south to develop their material conditions (developing the nuclear power plant in Burkina Faso for instance) are also absolutely amazing.
There's no excuse for their domestic reactionaryism, but in almost every aspect otherwise and outside their borders they are a friend- a circumstantial friend, perhaps, and one to be approached with some skepticism- but a friend all th same IMO.
Russia is not a friend of the left, but our interests are often aligned. We still need to be wary nevertheless.