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Alexander Potkin | |
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Александр Поткин | |
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Born | Alexander Anatolyevich Potkin (1976-05-29)29 May 1976 (age 48) 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 asAlexander Belov, is a Russian nationalist politician.[2][3]
Potkin led theMovement 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" withDmitry Demushkin, which was later banned in 2015.[6]
In May 2009, he was found guilty by a Moscow Court of incitingethnic hatred after comparing theRussian White House to aTorah 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]
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