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The Russian firm’s got the bounce! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cossack

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'the russian' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'firm's got the bounce' is the wordplay.
'firm's' becomes 'co's' (a firm is a company).
'got the bounce' becomes 'sack' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'cos'+'sack'='COSSACK'

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(Other definitions for cossack that I've seen before include "soldier" , "Member of an elite cavalry in tzarist Russia" , "Belligerent Russian" , "Member of Russian, Ukrainian people" , "Tsarist cavalryman" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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