Grabovoi was charged last June in a case that caused an uproar, both in Russia and abroad, after the head of the controversial sect claimed he could heal diseases and resurrect the dead, especially the 186 children who died after gunmen seized a school in the southern Russian town of Beslan in September 2004. A total of 331 people died in Russia's worst terrorist outrage.
Last month, Moscow prosecutors sent the case of Grabovoi to the Moscow Tagansky Court for a trial following a five-month delay due to flaws in the investigation case files.
On December 15, 2006, the Khamovnichesky Court in Moscow ruled that Grabovoi be remanded in custody until March 19, 2007. He was arrested last April after parents in Beslan demanded a probe into his activities.
Grabovoi's lawyers turned to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, claiming violations in the case against their defendant.
Grabovoi was charged with 11 counts of fraud "under the guise of resurrecting the victim's dead relatives or curing them of serious illnesses," prosecutors said.
The accused is said to have collected large sums of money from his victims.
If found guilty, the notorious healer could face a 120,000-ruble fine (over $4,600) or a two-year prison term.
