Gennady Vladimirovich Kuzmin () is a Russian diplomat, serving as of 2022 as Deputy Permanent Representative of the Mission of Russia to the United Nations. He is best known for a resolution adopted by the

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on 7 April 2022, in which he took part to defend

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from getting suspended from the

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. He has also stated that the resolution was "politically motivated".

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