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Alexander Anatolyevich Potkin (Russian: Александр Анатольевич Поткин; born 29 April 1976),[1] also known as Alexander Belov, is a Russian nationalist politician.[2][3]
Political career
Potkin led the Movement Against Illegal Immigration, a nationalist organization, which was later banned in April 2011.[4][5] The following month, he co-founded the nationalist organization "Russians" with Dmitry Demushkin, which was later banned in 2015.[6]
Criminal cases
In May 2009, he was found guilty by a Moscow Court of inciting ethnic hatred after comparing the Russian White House to a Torah Scroll.[7]
In August 2016, he was sentenced to prison on charges of creating an extremist group and money laundering. He was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison.[2]