Translated from Russian in 2020 by Oleg Belyaev (ed.), Irina Khomchenkova, Julia Sinitsyna and Vadim Dyachkov.
из-за
because of
благодаря
thanks to
под видом
under the guise
под предлогом
under the pretext
повод
предлог
благодаря
вместо
перед
occasion
pretext
due to
instead
in front of