Sentence examples of "жестокий" in Russian with translation "fiendish"

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Он наложил жестокое заклятие на двух мальчиков в школе. He cast a fiendish spell on two boys at school.
Хотя сейчас военной мощи России недостаточно для того, чтобы вести войну с США, а Путин не настолько жесток и безумен, чтобы выпускать ядерные ракеты, Кремль может счесть, что у него нет другого варианта, позволяющего ему сохранить лицо, кроме как ответить. Though Russia hardly has the military might for a war with the U.S., and Putin lacks the fiendish mindset needed to launch nuclear missiles, the Kremlin may feel it has no face-saving alternative but to respond.
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