MOSCOW (Reuters) - A woman set fire to her ex-husband's penis as he sat naked watching television and drinking vodka, Moscow police said on Wednesday.

Asked if the man would make a full recovery, a police spokeswoman said it was "difficult to predict".

The attack climaxed three years of acrimonious enforced co-habitation. The couple divorced three years ago but continued to share a small flat, something common in Russia where property costs are very high.

"It was monstrously painful," the wounded ex-husband told Tvoi Den newspaper. "I was burning like a torch. I don't know what I did to deserve this."

After 3 years you still haven't saved enough money to move out, but you constanly want to sit around the house naked... I bet if I put your penis on fire that will make you think twice about putting your nasty butt on my sofa and get you the hell out of here. - That was probably one of the thoughts going inside this woman's head. I don't agree with the actions she took, but who could stand to see there Ex of 3 years lounging around the house naked and drunk all the time.