Vitaly Churkin
（重定向自Churkin）
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Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin (Russian:Виталий Иванович Чуркин; born February 21, 1952) is a Russian diplomat, and has served as Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations since 2006. Churkin was the Ambassador to Belgium from 1994 to 1998, and Ambassador to Canada from 1998 to 2003.