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.