Grigory Grabovoy

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Grigory Petrovich Grabovoy (Russian: Григо́рий Петро́вич Грабово́й) (born November 14, 1963 in Kazakhstan) is a Russian religious leader who claims the ability to abolish death, resurrect the dead, cure cancer and AIDS, teleport, and pinpoint mechanical problems on airplanes. He also claimed himself as a second advent of Christ on Earth.

In 2005, Grabovoy promised grieving mothers of the 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis, that he could resurrect their dead children. The Mothers of Beslan later accused Grabovoy of an attempt to "zombify" (brainwash) them and accused the Russian secret service of provocation "aimed at discrediting and getting rid of" the movement. On April 7, 2006, Grabovoy was arrested in a Moscow hotel and detained on suspicion of fraudulently obtaining money from parents of the Beslan tragedy, a charge that carries a sentence of up to three years in prison. As of 27 March 2008, the court hearings continue until now.^[1]

According to Novaya Gazeta, the followers of Grabovoy promised to sue for "incitement of religious hatred" every media publishing negative information about their leader so very little information about the sect was published since 2006.^[1] Grabovoy sued newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda for 1.2 billion roubles (approximately $50 mln) but lost in the Savelovsky Court of Moscow.^[2] One of the activists demanding persecution of Grabovoy, Evgeny Saurov, was arrested and sentenced to a conditional one year sentence for the alleged threats to his former wife that is an active supporter of Grabovoy.^[1] Novaya Gazeta also alleged that Grabovoy had so strong protectors that it needed a personal order by Vladimir Putin to arrest Grabovoy.^[1]