Putin put-down? (4 letters)

{ Answer }

NYET

{ Related Clues }

Duma disavowal
Gorbachev's no
Gorbachev's refusal
Gorby's turndown
Khrushchev response
Maxim's denial
Moscow turndown
Nikita's no
No, in Minsk
No, in Moscow
No, to Nikita
No, in Novgorod
Opposite of "da"
Overseas refusal
Putin's refusal
Raisa's negative
Raisa's refusal
Red refusal
Soviet vote
Summit refusal?
U.N. veto
Word to a refusenik
Czar's reply to protesters
It rhymes with Soviet
"No way, Sergei!"
Security Council veto
U.N. vetoer's word
Word heard at the U.N.

{ Tags }

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{ Notes }

The answer NYET is seen frequently, appearing about once every 120 puzzles.