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Russian perhaps with trace of novichok avoiding check (6)

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I believe the answer is:

andrei

'russian perhaps' is the definition.
(common Russian name)

'with trace of novichok avoiding check' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'with' could be 'and' (I've seen this before) and 'and' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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