Russia's Federation of Independent Trade Unions would not comment on the reported move, the paper said.
But Vladimir Yegorov, head of Russia's folk medicine association, voiced scepticism that Russia would see an official wizards' union anytime soon.
"Trade unions are necessary where there are employers. But here we have no plants, no faith-healer factories. We have only individual entrepreneurs," Yegorov told the daily.
The report added that Russia's "extrasensory" practitioners -- psychics, faith-healers, witches, magicians and so on -- had reported an increase in their workload in connection with the global economic crisis.
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But Vladimir Yegorov, head of Russia's folk medicine association, voiced scepticism that Russia would see an official wizards' union anytime soon.
"Trade unions are necessary where there are employers. But here we have no plants, no faith-healer factories. We have only individual entrepreneurs," Yegorov told the daily.
The report added that Russia's "extrasensory" practitioners -- psychics, faith-healers, witches, magicians and so on -- had reported an increase in their workload in connection with the global economic crisis.
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