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Former PM initially suppressed one article for Lubov Chernukhin? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

russian

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'lubov chernukhin?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'former pm initially suppressed one article' is the wordplay.
'former pm' becomes 'rus' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'article' becomes 'an' (indefinite article).
The initial letter of 'suppressed' is 's'.
'rus'+'s'+'i'+'an'='RUSSIAN'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for russian that I've seen before include "Native of St Petersbourg, say" , "Countryman" , "Muscovite possibly" , "Muscovite, maybe" , "East European" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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