Sentence examples of "смягчения" in Russian with translation "watering down"

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С тех пор как работа Квартета по ближневосточному урегулированию сошла на нет, Россия оказалась достаточно успешной в отказе предоставлять Вашингтону дипломатическое «покрывало» для вторжения в Ирак, в вопросах откладывания и ограничения многосторонней интервенции в Ливию и Сирию, а также в «снисходительном» смягчении международных санкций в отношении ядерных амбиций Ирана. As the Quartet has fallen into disuse, Moscow has been moderately effective at denying Washington diplomatic cover for the Iraq invasion; delaying and limiting multilateral intervention in Libya and Syria; and condescendingly watering down international sanctions against Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
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