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HELPING RUSSIANS DO ABSOLUTELY STUPID THINGS SINCE 1917

- By KELLY JENKINS kelly@ sundayspor­t. co. uk

A GROUP of Russian loons stuck a defiant two fingers up at gravity – by scaling a high- rise building with no ropes.

The fearless Ruskies – fuelled no doubt by vodka – climbed the outside of the enormous tower and high- fived at its peak.

The trio made their way to the top floor of the 500ft Red Gate Square Tower in Moscow – a 24 storey monstrosit­y – before pushing through a tiny window and ambling up the OUTSIDE of the tower, pulling themselves up its slippery metal beams.

Stunt

The cocksure crackpots even FILMED their stunt and can be seen gazing down on to the Russian streets below as they ascend the tower and pull themselves up onto the giant star its the top.

The nutters then LET GO of the building to high- five each other and film the stunning view.

The young Russian men – who have not been named – posted the film of their death- defying climb online and the footage has now gone viral on YouTube.

Onlooker Viktor Leskov, 62, said: “They are totally crazy!

“We saw them on the top of the star, swaying and fooling around – I reckon they were drunk if you ask me.

“They are very brave – I’ll give them that – but also very stupid.

“They’re going to get themselves killed.”

One online fan posted: “These guys have got balls the size of watermelon­s! But these Russians are barmy – just look at all that Bolshevik Revolution stuff back in 1917!”

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REACH FOR THE STAR: Three drunks climbed this 500ft building with no ropes
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DON’T LOOK DOWN, COMRADE! Two of the climbers are filmed high- fiving at the top
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