Go right to Kalahari outskirts or uninhabited places in Russia (5)
I believe the answer is:
gorki
'in russia' is the definition.
('Gorki' is part of 'russia')
'go right to kalahari outskirts' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'outskirts' suggests removing the centre (I've seen 'outskirts of' mean this).
'kalahari' with its centre taken out is 'ki'.
'go'+'r'+'ki'='GORKI'
'or uninhabited places' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gorki that I've seen before include "writer from Russia" , "Nizhny Novgorod formerly; Russian author" , "Former name of Nizhni Novgorod" , "Maxim --, Russian author" .)