Don and Vladimir, say, having nothing for India (3,2)
I believe the answer is:
put on
'don' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'and vladimir say having nothing for india' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is located in the answer.
'nothing' could be 'o' (looks like zero - 0) and 'o' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'put' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for put on that I've seen before include "Apply (to a surface) - present (on stage)" , "Assume < present" , "Don clothes or stage play" , "Stage -- hoax" , "in an unnatural way" .)