The trial of Alexander Belov

* August 15, 2016 in the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow, the debate of the parties in the case against one of the leaders of the "Russian" Association Alexander Belov (Potkin) began. The prosecutor asked to sentence the nationalist to nine years in prison.

On August 16, the defense side asked to acquit A. Belov. “I ask you to stop the criminal prosecution of Potkin in connection with his non-involvement in crimes, as well as the lack of composition crimes," said Igor Popovsky, the defendant's lawyer in Meshchansky court.*
Recall that in September 2015, A. Potkin was charged under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting a national hatred), art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for the implementation of extremist activity), Art. 282.1 (creation of an extremist community) and art. 174 (legalization of proceeds of crime).

The nationalist was detained on October 15, 2014 in Moscow at the Intourist Kolomenskoye hotel. The detention was carried out as part of the investigation of a criminal case under Art. 174 of the Criminal Code on the theft of $5 billion from Russian and Ukrainian depositors of the Kazakh BTA Bank. Subsequently Investigators added to the case a charge under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code. In the middle of August 2015 in Moscow, another criminal case was opened against A. Belov under Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activity) for a video posted on the Internet. One of the last episodes in the Potkin criminal case was the episode about the creation extremist community in Kazakhstan. The investigator stated that the case the creation of an extremist community was initiated on the basis of petition, which was sent from the Prosecutor General's Office of Kazakhstan Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. This document reported that against Alexander Potkin, a criminal case initiated by under Art. 164 of the Criminal Code of Kazakhstan (inciting ethnic hatred).

The community was created after the Kazakh oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov turned to the nationalist. According to the investigation, from 2006 to 2009, A. Potkin and "comrades-in-arms" "were looking for opposition activists on the territory of Kazakhstan and Russia, who were trained on territory of Kyrgyzstan in one of the boarding houses near Lake Issyk-Kul. aim training was preparation for various protest actions, including during the referendum to give a negative attitude to local authorities, as well as "forcing ethnic conflicts and changing constitutional system of Kazakhstan " ". According to investigation, Pyotr Miloserdov, who became the second community organizer. His current location unknown. Also in the case are some activists of the "Other Russia".

Myself Alexander Belov declared his innocence.

Sources

• The prosecutor asks to sentence the nationalist A. Potkin in the case of embezzlement in BTA Bank to nine years in prison // Moscow City News Agency. 2016. August 13.
• Defense nationalist Potkin asked the court to acquit him // Interfax. 2016. August 16.