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Distress Putin at heart, accessing his money? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

trouble

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'distress' is the definition.
(I know that distress is a more specific form of the action trouble)

'putin at heart accessing his money?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'money?' could be 'rouble' (I've seen this before) and 'rouble' is found in the answer.
A single letter 't' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for trouble that I've seen before include "Distress, upset or worry" , "Jam" , "Difficulty, problems" , "Distress - concern - effort" , "Difficulty, care, worry" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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