Russian girl with Ian settled in land of Hope (9)
I believe the answer is:
ruritania
'land of hope' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'russian girl with ian settled' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'girl' could be 'tania' and 'tania' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ruritania that I've seen before include "world of romance?" , "Imaginary European kingdom" , "Fictitious small kingdom" , "RA Air Unit (anag.)" , "mythical land" .)