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Maxim Lyutyi told reporters as he arrived at court that he had abandoned his strict eating regime after developing a taste for prison pasta and stew while he was awaiting trial
Oxana Mironova, 33, had followed the views of her raw food blogging partner Maxim Lyutyi, 43, it was alleged. He faces a separate trial accused of torturing his newborn baby.
The baby boy died when he was around one-month old and he is suspected of suffering from pneumonia and emaciation after starvation.
Maxim Lyutyi (pictured), 43, wanted to raise the newborn on prana-eating - a diet in which people go without food and water for a long time and 'feed on the sun', say relatives.
Mother Oxana Mironova, is under investigation for causing death by negligence, and was put under house arrest for two months. Her partner Maxim Lyutyi was detained for resisting arrest.