| IVANTHETERRIBLE | Retrievable hint about Russian leader (4,3,8) |
| PUTINTHEPICTURE | Become informed about 'Russian Dictator: the Movie' (3,2,3,7) |
| IMPRUDENT | Cheeky about Russian leader? That's unwise! (9) |
| TROPICAL | Very hot in the news about Russian leader (8) |
| THEREDARMY | Soviet forces: they're mad, revolutionary, about Russian leader (3,3,4) |
| BIGBROTHER | Huge fuss about Russian leader. He's got his eye on you! (3,7) |
| REDEEMABLE | Qualified to recover that which is retrievable |
| ODESSAGOODONE | Ukrainian response to a joke about Russian politicians? |
| SPASSKY | Dissident asks agent about Russian master (7) |
| TROUBLESOME | Book about Russian ready to be awkward (11) |
| ROTTERDAM | Dutch city's nonsense phrase about Russian agreement (9) |
| GLINKA | Greek article containing nothing about Russian composer |
| CONNIVANCE | Read inconclusively about Russian ruler and Conservative working in cahoots |
| DEADSOULS | Daughter with small coin bargains about Russian book |
| LIPREADER | Spout about Russian revolution, overwhelming a specialist interpreter |
| AMERICANS | Drama about Russian sleeper agents (The ---------) |
| TROUBLED | Worried when extremists tweeted about Russian currency (8) |
| STARETS | Figures going around about Russian religious teacher (7) |
| THELASTCZARS | Netflix series about Russian rulers (3,4,5) |
| DACHA | A hard villain brought about Russian retreat |
