What does the cryptic crossword clue "Foreign character, meat certainly for Putin (6)" mean?

The definition is "Foreign character,". The wordplay uses a charade (building blocks). LAMB (synonym="“meat”") + DA (synonym="yes in Russian, so “certainly for Putin”") = LAMBDA; definition: "Foreign character," The answer is LAMBDA.

Foreign character, meat certainly for Putin (6)

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