"to play the devil's advocate": a Russian equivalent?

[Gasan Gusejnov]

In the ЭСБЭ obsolete version he used to be *адвокат дьявольский*:
http://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%A1%D0%91%D0%95/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82_%D0%B4%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9

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2014-04-17 22:25 GMT+04:00 Wieda, Nina A. <nwieda at middlebury.edu>:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> A student asked me whether there is a Russian equivalent to the expression
> "to play the devil's advocate."  I have a vague feeling that there is one,
> but I can't remember what it is.  Can you?
>
> Thank you so much in a advance!
>
> Best wishes,
> Nina Wieda
>
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