Russian revolutionary manipulating his votes by lying at first (10)

I believe the answer is:

bolshevist

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'russian revolutionary' is the definition.
'Bolshevist' can be an answer for 'revolutionary' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'russian' bit.

'manipulating his votes by lying at first' is the wordplay.
'manipulating' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'at first' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'by lying' is 'bl'.
'his'+'votes'+'bl'='hisvotesbl'
'hisvotesbl' is an anagram of 'BOLSHEVIST'.

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