Valentin Mikhailovich Falin (Russian: Валентин Михайлович Фалин; 3 April 1926 – 22 February 2018[1]) was a Soviet diplomat and politician.

In 1978, he was appointed First Deputy Chief of the International Information Department of the Central Committee of the CPSU,[3] a post he left in January 1983 for personal reasons.

On 10 March 1986 Falin was elected by the Council of Sponsors of the Novosti Press Agency to the position of chairman of the APN board.

[5] In 1988–1991 he was the Chief of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

[4] While Falin headed the International Department, its special section for Party Technology, which was located in Room 516, was headed by an alleged specialist in black operations the komitetchik (Russian: комитетчик) Vladimir Osintsev (Russian: Владимир Осинцев) who allegedly supported active measures for Communist Party influence campaigns in countries in which the Communist Party was banned including Chile, El Salvador, South Africa and Turkey.