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Models Wrestling in a Caviar-Filled Kiddie Pool Is How Russia's Ultra-Rich Like to Party

If you were hired to orchestrate an event that pays homage to the history of a currency, who in the hell wouldn’t decide to organize a bacchanalian caviar orgy?
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If there's one thing we're positively certain of, it's that there's truly no greater embodiment of the vitriol and nationalistic frenzy that goes along with geoeconomic strife than a bunch of scantily clad female models seductively wrestling one another in an inflatable kiddie pool filled to the brim with glistening caviar.

That conclusion has been firmly cemented in our brains after viewing a video that has been slowly but surely going viral on YouTube. The video was created at an event celebrating the 700th anniversary of the Russian ruble. After all, if you were hired to orchestrate an event that pays homage to the history of a currency, who in the hell wouldn't decide to organize a bacchanalian caviar orgy?

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RT reports that the event took place earlier this month in an upscale Moscow hotel and was organized by a non-governmental agency, with support of the Russian Ministry of Culture. In case you were wondering, the ruble was first mentioned in writing back in 1316, although it may have been in use before that date.

And what better way to celebrate than to fill a blow-up pool—like the ones used by toddlers in backyards the world over—with 159 liters of jewel-like caviar? Then throw in two models, instruct them to sexy-fight, and it's a party worthy of oligarchs and Vince McMahon alike!

RT says this was a pre-party entertainment for celebrities, bankers, and politicians. Why 159 liters of caviar and not 158 or 160? Well, that is because there are exactly 159 liters in a barrel of oil.

Yes, this mock battle was not without its political overtones. Each of the models was wearing a circular symbol on her scanty costume, representing the euro and the US dollar. So the euro and the dollar were fighting in a pool of caviar, which was the exact size of a barrel of oil and this all took place in front of a group of Russia's plutocrats.

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As of today, the video has garnered more than 175,000 views on YouTube and has had no shortage of comments. Vyacheslav Tetekin, a Communist MP and member of the Russian Duma's Committee on Defense, had this to say on his party's website: "Bankers should service our needs, as they produce nothing, merely churning money earned with the effort of others. Yet our whole society is now built around banking." He added, "Interest in this story shows that people are sick and tired of the fact that while people are getting poorer, bankers are still swimming in money."

It's either that, or interest in the story might be attributed to people's fascination with the bizarre and willingness to fall for a clickbait video.

According to Finparty, the caviar wasn't even real, but was instead a cheap imitation made either from less desirable roe or seaweed. RT reports that "many of the celebrities were not told about the provenance of the caviar" so they scooped up spoonfuls from the inflatable pool and ate them, after the models had left the scene.

Let's just hope America's elite steps up their game and puts together some sort of nacho cheese Slip 'N Slide in retaliation.