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Alexander Potkin

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Alexander Potkin
Александр Поткин
Potkin in 2012
Personal details
Born
Alexander Anatolyevich Potkin

(1976-05-29) 29 May 1976 (age 48)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyDPNI (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]

Political career

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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

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "Чем известен Александр Поткин". Kommersant. 24 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Moscow Court Finds Russian Nationalist Guilty Of Money Laundering". rferl.org. 24 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Ultranationalists Attempt to Unite". The Moscow Times. 5 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Slavic Riot in Stravopol, Kommersant, 7 June 2007". Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  5. ^ "Суд запретил "Движение против нелегальной иммиграции"". BBC Russian. 11 April 2011.
  6. ^ "Суд запретил объединение "Русские" за экстремизм". Interfax. 28 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Decapitating extremism Russia Profile, May 28 2009". Archived from the original on 2010-08-12. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
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