Usage examples of "scapegoat" in English with translation to Russian

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Busy with domestic political affairs, they do not hesitate to use Europe as a scapegoat to avoid breaking bad news to their fellow citizens. Некоторые проявляют сепаратистские тенденции, которые беспокоят и расстраивают их избирателей.

But Jews would do well to draw a lesson from our own history and resist the temptation to scapegoat and demonize those whose crimes consist mainly of crossing political boundaries in search of better lives. Однако евреям имело бы смысл учитывать уроки собственной истории, не поддаваться искушению искать виноватых и не демонизировать людей, вся вина которых состоит в том, что они перешли политическую границу в поисках лучшей жизни.

Indeed, all of the source information pointed to the likelihood of Mr. Abu Adass being used by the Syrian and Lebanese authorities as a scapegoat for the crime, rather than being the instigator of crime himself. Все источники информации указывали на то, что, скорее всего, сирийские и ливанские власти просто пытаются выдать г-на Абу Адаса за виновника этого преступления и что сам он не был вдохновителем этого преступления.

Such is the case of the 48% of British voters who opposed Brexit, or the 49% of Turks who voted “no” to expanding the Turkish presidency’s powers, implicitly rejecting a narrative that used the EU as a scapegoat. В Британии 48% избирателей проголосовали против Брексита, а 49% турков высказались против расширения полномочий президента Турции, тем самым, отвергнув аргументацию, которая изображала Евросоюз в негативном свете.

The Special Rapporteur claimed that international policy had been blinded by the presence of one dictator who made an easy scapegoat for all the troubles; that the Albanian people in Kosovo might not know what they really wanted; that the elections about to be held would seal the ethnic cleansing; and that, in not preventing the ethnic cleansing, UNMIK and KFOR must accept responsibility for such a huge violation of human rights. Специальный докладчик утверждает, что внешняя политика определялась присутствием одного диктатора, которого сделали виновным во всех бедах; что албанское население в Косово, возможно, не знает, чего оно действительно хочет; что выборы, которые должны состояться в ближайшее время, закрепят итоги этнической чистки; и что вследствие непринятия мер по предотвращению этнической чистки МООНК и СДК должны взять на себя ответственность за столь серьезное нарушение прав человека.

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