Time to follow Russian fighter and settle abroad (7)
I believe the answer is:
migrate
'settle abroad' is the definition.
'migrate' can be an answer for 'settle' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'abroad' bit.
'time to follow russian fighter' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 'rate' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'to follow' says to put letters next to each other (some letters go after or follow others).
'russian fighter' becomes 'MiG' (Russian fighter plane manufacturer).
'rate' after 'mig' is 'MIGRATE'.
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for migrate that I've seen before include "Change habitat (seasonally, perhaps)" , "move base?" , "Move with the seasons" , "Move from one country to another to settle" , "Ragtime (anag)" .)