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Dissident Russian party rigged votes? Heavens! (10)

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I believe the answer is:

dostoevsky

'dissident russian' is the definition.
(Fyodor Dostoevsky was a Russian dissident)

'party rigged votes? heavens' is the wordplay.
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'rigged' is an anagram indicator.
'heavens' becomes 'sky' (sky is a kind of heavens).
'votes' anagrammed gives 'stoev'.
'do'+'stoev'+'sky'='DOSTOEVSKY'

(Another definition for dostoevsky that I've seen is " Russian author".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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