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Foresee resistance after Putin's first order (7)

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I believe the answer is:

predict

'foresee' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'resistance after putin's first order' is the wordplay.
'resistance' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'first' indicates taking the first letters.
'order' becomes 'edict' ('edict' can be a synonym of 'order'**).
The first letter of 'putins' is 'p'.
'r' after 'p' is 'pr'.
'pr'+'edict'='PREDICT'

(Other definitions for predict that I've seen before include "Foretell, prophesy" , "Prophesy - portend" , "Guess (the future)" , "act as oracle" , "Forecast" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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