There have been rumours about this sort of transaction happening for a while now – but sources in Russia have just confirmed that a deal has very definitely been sealed. What’s more, police have given the lucky lady the green light, claiming that the transaction, “does not fit into a description of the ‘Prostitution’ clause.” Really? It doesn’t?

She was identified by the Russian media as Shatuniha, an 18 year-old from Siberia. She listed her virginity for sale on the Russian website 24au.ru, and added the description “new – not used”. The initial asking price was around R250,000, but within a day of her posting online someone had already snatched up her offer, upping the price to $27,950 (R285,000) in the process.

That someone was Evgeniy Volnov, who agreed to meet Shatuniha in a hotel at Predmostnaya Square, where she would present him with “a document confirming her virginity”.

Police in Krasnoyarsk said they wouldn’t be launching any sort of investigation, as it appears to them that no laws have been broken. And to make it crystal clear, a police spokesperson told The Siberian Times the department has “no right to give a moral assessment of girl’s actions.”

Fair enough.

[Source : Gawker]