| JURASSIC | Period when Julius Caesar captures Russia in revolt |
| SPRY | Active agent captures Russia's leader (4) |
| IDES | In Roman terms, the time of the month when Julius Caesar was assassinated (4) |
| RASPUTIN | Grigori ?, Siberian peasant monk murdered in St Petersburg, Russia in 1916 (8) |
| ONEAD | When Julius Caesar was appointed consul |
| NAUMGABO | Constructivist sculptor born in Russia in 1890 (4,4) |
| RORYPECK | Journalist killed in Russia in 1993, whose eponymous Trust supports freelance journalists (4,4) |
| KASPAROV | Former world chess champion, an opponent of Vladimir Putin, who left Russia in 2013 (8) |
| HEATWAVE | A big one hit Russia in summer 2010 |
| NABOKOV | Vladimir, U.S. writer born in St Petersburg in Russia in 1899 (7) |
| LUHANSK | City in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine annexed by Russia in 2022 (7) |
| TSAR | An emperor in Russia in former times (His wife was a Tsarina) (4) |
| TETRIS | Tile-matching video game originating in Russia in the 1980s (6) |
| OCTOBER | Eisenstein film released in Russia in 1928 (7) |
| NUTCRACKER | The ___ is a ballet first. performed in Russia in December 1892. (10) |
| RURAL | Right by river in Russia in the country (5) |
| OCTOBERREVOLUTION | Uprising in Russia in 1917 (7,10) |
| ASHKENAZY | Virtuoso pianist born in Russia in 1937 |
| SERFS | They were emancipated in Russia in 1861 |
| SOUTHAFRICANS | Nationals chant of Russia in revolution (5,8) |
