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Alexander Potkin | |
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Александр Поткин | |
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Born | Alexander Anatolyevich Potkin 29 May 1976 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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DPNI (2002–2011) Russians (2011–2015) |
Alexander Anatolyevich Potkin ( Russian: Александр Анатольевич Поткин; born 29 April 1976), [1] also known as Alexander Belov, is a Russian nationalist politician. [2] [3]
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]
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]
You can help expand this article with text translated from
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Alexander Potkin | |
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Александр Поткин | |
Personal details | |
Born | Alexander Anatolyevich Potkin 29 May 1976 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Political party |
DPNI (2002–2011) Russians (2011–2015) |
Alexander Anatolyevich Potkin ( Russian: Александр Анатольевич Поткин; born 29 April 1976), [1] also known as Alexander Belov, is a Russian nationalist politician. [2] [3]
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]
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]