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<P><STRONG>MOSCOW, March 30 (RIA Novosti) - A Moscow court rejected Friday a
lawsuit by <A href="http://www.cultfaq.org/">cult</A> leader <A
href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/category/drugg-grigory-grabovoi/">Grigory
Grabovoi</A>, who is seeking $46 million in moral damages from the Komsomolskaya
Pravda popular tabloid.</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Grabovoi wants compensation for moral damages he suffered as a result
of reports published in the paper of his allegedly fraudulent activities,
including a </STRONG><A
href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/12282/cult-promises-to-resurrect-beslan-children"><STRONG>promise
to resurrect children</STRONG></A><STRONG> who died in a hostage-taking tragedy
in Beslan in 2004.</STRONG></P>
<P>His lawyers have said they will appeal the decision with the Moscow City
Court.</P>
<P>Grabovoi was <A
href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14241/cult-head-conned-parents-with-vow-to-resurrect-beslan-dead">charged</A>
in April in a case that caused uproar both in Russia and abroad when he claimed
he could heal diseases and resurrect the dead, especially the 186 children who
died in the Beslan school seizure in southern Russia. A total of 331 people
officially died in Russia’s worst terrorist outrage.</P>
<P>Grabovoi’s lawyer, Vyacheslav Makarov, said his client’s dignity and business
reputation had been damaged by the newspaper reports, which also took credit for
exposing his alleged Beslan fraud.</P>
<P>The lawyer said Grabovoi was ready to consider a deal with the paper. “We
have prepared other lawsuits against the newspaper, and we will go to the end,”
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