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So Sky voted, catastrophically, to reveal identity of person who wrote about criminal penalties etc. in Russia (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dostoevsky

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'identity of person who wrote about criminal penalties etc in russia' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'so sky voted catastrophically' is the wordplay.
'catastrophically' is an anagram indicator.
'so'+'sky'+'voted'='soskyvoted'
'soskyvoted' with letters rearranged gives 'DOSTOEVSKY'.

'to reveal' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for dostoevsky that I've seen is " Russian author".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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