By Tim Binnall
A Russian woman may be at risk of eternal damnation after she literally sold her soul for a rather paltry sum that she then used to buy Labubu dolls. The bizarre exchange was reportedly the brainchild of a marketing expert, identified as Dmitri, who conceived of the idea as a social experiment. In an ad posted on Russian social media, he offered approximately $1,100 to anyone willing to part with their soul and confirm the sale with a contract signed in their own blood. While he thought the proposition would be taken in jest, Dmitri quickly received a response from a 26-year-old woman, named Karina, who was willing to go along with the devilish deal.
Detailing the exchange in a subsequent social media post, Dmitri marveled, "I just bought my first soul. I definitely feel like Davy Jones right now!" As for Karina, an understandably intrigued Russian media outlet managed to track her down and learned that she had no reservations about the unusual deal. Pressed on how she spent the money, the young woman revealed that it was largely spent on Labubu dolls and a ticket to a folk concert. As one might imagine, the Russian Orthodox Church was aghast at the strange sale, lamenting that Karina "truly sold her soul and therefore chose evil." Asserting that the situation was no laughing matter, they suggested that the now-soulless woman would suffer "moral and personal decline" that could manifest in illness or "even death."