For a real oligarch’s breakfast make it Caviar served on Blinis. No need for Russian sanction busting. Iran produces beluga caviar, considered some of the finest available, taken from sturgeon that swim in the Caspian Sea that it borders. What is it about repressive regimes and insanely priced fish eggs? Unfortunately this may bust sanctions too.
Luckily, however, sturgeon are now farmed all over the world, amazingly even in Blighty. The Exmoor Caviar company have a sturgeon farm in Devon although most of their products are now sourced worldwide. Very fine it is too.
Wherever you purchase it, make sure your source is reliable. Do not be tempted by anything unfeasibly cheap. There is much fake stuff on the black market that is not what it at first appears. If you are wealthy enough to cough up for one of the worlds most expensive viands, you shouldn’t need to cut corners.
Frankly trout and salmon roe are luxury items in themselves at a fraction of the price. Treat yourself to these and avoid the prat factor.
Serve caviar on blinis with sour cream but no onion, please. Otherwise just shovel it into your gob straight from the jar, but only with a caviar spoon made from mother of pearl as apparently metal taints it, then pass some on to a friend, mouth to mouth. Sheer decadence.