| SEMIRETIRED | Understand about Russian commune getting stale not working completely (4-7) |
| GOINGOFF | Getting stale and falling asleep? (5,3) |
| SCENE | Location's smell almost getting stale at the end (5) |
| TROUBLESOME | Book about Russian ready to be awkward (11) |
| SENSELESSLY | Understands about grinding lens with cunning, but without reason (11) |
| MIR | Russian commune consisting almost entirely of mud (3) |
| THEREDARMY | Soviet forces: they're mad, revolutionary, about Russian leader (3,3,4) |
| SPASSKY | Dissident asks agent about Russian master (7) |
| CONNIVANCE | Read inconclusively about Russian ruler and Conservative working in cahoots |
| BIGBROTHER | Huge fuss about Russian leader. He's got his eye on you! (3,7) |
| IVANTHETERRIBLE | Retrievable hint about Russian leader (4,3,8) |
| STARETS | Figures going around about Russian religious teacher (7) |
| THELASTCZARS | Netflix series about Russian rulers (3,4,5) |
| PUTINTHEPICTURE | Become informed about 'Russian Dictator: the Movie' (3,2,3,7) |
| DEADSOULS | Daughter with small coin bargains about Russian book (4,5) |
| TOLSTOY | Amusing article includes lots about Russian novelist (7) |
| EMIR | Ruler from East Russian commune |
| ODESSAGOODONE | Ukrainian response to a joke about Russian politicians? |
| IMPRUDENT | Cheeky about Russian leader? That's unwise! (9) |
| TURGENEV | Ivan -------- (1818-1883), writer about Russian life as in Fathers and Sons |
