Two Guys Duel Using Pigeons

Pigeons are disgusting birds that carry disease and are apparently very useful in a duel.  Check out these two knuckleheads busting ninja moves and throwing live pigeons at one another.

I guess this happened in Russia, which really doesn't surprise me.  Thanks to communism and vodka, there is little else to do in the USSR.  How stupid are the guys for doing this, and how stupid are the pigeons for letting two drunk Ruskies grab them?