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| English | Russian |
| adopt a tough stance | занять жёсткую позицию (The President has adopted a tough stance on terrorism VLZ_58) |
| adopt a tough stance | занимать жёсткую позицию (Maxim Prokofiev) |
| take a tough stance on | занимать жёсткую позицию в отношении |
| tougher stance | ужесточение (Brenton, who served as ambassador between 2004 and 2008, said in an article in the Guardian on Monday that all European governments should follow German Chancellor Angela Merkel's tougher stance on human rights issues in Russia. TMT Alexander Demidov) |