RUSSIAN lawmakers have backed a bill that bans witches and wizards from advertising in the media amid concerns that they give false hope to cancer victims.

Nearly one million practitioners of the occult advertise their services in Russia, offering to cure anything from cancer to missing husbands for a fee, London's Daily Telegraph reported today.

According to one report, almost one in five Russians consult the self-professed "faith healers," in a trend that has alarmed lawmakers.

"Citizens, if they have the money, are even sometimes promised elevation to a new level of evolution,” lawmaker Tatyana Yakovleva told the daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta newspaper.

“Only last year in Moscow 300,000 people turned to the services of wizards and healers according to the Interior Ministry.”

Cancer specialists have warned that patients waste valuable time on consulting with witches or wizards, only to be told that there is nothing that can be done when the client runs out of money for a "cure."

The bill would require anyone claiming to be able to solve people’s health problems to get a licence to operate from the health ministry. It needs two more votes to become law.

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One one side this is good, but on the other this does remove a large aspect of their culture.

I bet if they got rid of all that vodka they drank, the faith healers would be out of business in a week...

There actually is a ban on alcohol in Russia now, people can't drink after a certain hour and shops aren't allowed to sell.

Maybe that will improve their economy a bit, drunk workers don't produce stuff very efficient xD

The main cities of Russia aren't that bad, its the smaller ones that fail. Mainly because theres nothing to do xD

Let's start by evacuating russia except for the oil stuff, and put all those useless russians to work somewhere in Europe or China

I don't think other countries need more competition for cheap labor

China can always use more cheap workers

Ha! I think there are enough of them now, judging by the standard of living for probably most of the country. Maybe all of them should go to Greece and replace those protestors and stuff.

Yea, at least if they do pay taxes in contrast to everyone in Greece, where avoiding tax is the national sport

So it is decided, the russians will be moved to greece.

This might not be easy.

Greece is a bit small, maybe we should move them to greece and countries like Bosnia, sure they can use some more workers there as well
And we should get Poetin etcetera to agree with us...

wasnt that being recognized as an actual profession?

It was, but its also banned now
Kinda like prostitution in Holland, you can be one, its technically illegal, but you still pay taxes.