Siberian teenager 'sells her virginity for $27,950'

The young woman, who is only known by her nickname 'Shatuniha': 'I am in urgent need of money, so I am selling the most precious thing I possess. I am ready to meet up soon, even as soon as tomorrow, and I am ready to have my virginity verified. I can come to a hotel at Predmostnaya Square with a document confirming my virginity, and with a person who will take the cash and leave, so that I am not fooled.

'This person will take away the money, but I will stay... The money should be cash only.'

On the online auction site - 24au.ru - the lot was described as 'virginity', and the condition: 'new - not used'. It was part of an auction called: 'Children grow up.'

The offer appeared on 30 October and by a day later a deal had been done for 900,000 roubles, or $27,950, which was 100,000 roubles, or $3,100 above the starting price.

The buyer's name was given as Evgeniy Volnov, but no details about him were published. 

The police in Krasnoyarsk appeared satisfied the deal was genuine and said it broke no laws.

'This situation is neither an administrative nor a criminal violation,' said a spokesman. 'Nor does it fit into a description of the 'Prostitution' clause from the Code of the Administrative Violations'. The police said they had 'no right to give a moral assessment of girl's actions'.

It appeared that the same woman had offered to sell her virginity on another site at the age of 17 in April 2013. At the time, she said: 'I am 17, very soon I am turning 18. I want to urgently sell my virginity. I want to sell it at a very expensive price to someone who can properly appreciate it.

'I have no bad habits, and I am nice looking. I live in Krasnoyarsk but I am ready to travel to any other city'.