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Meet The Russian Cowboys Beefing Up The Food Industry (HBO)

Western sanctions were supposed to cripple the Russian economy. But the Kremlin’s tit-for-tat ban on food imports has sparked an unprecedented agricultural boom powered in part by American expertise - and cows. Backed by generous state loans, meat producer Miratorg has bought almost two million acres of Russian land since 2010 - more than quadrupling its staff to 35,000 while lavishly importing everything from its Aberdeen Angus cows to the grass they eat and the horses used to herd them. Now a team of 1,000 homegrown cowboys - who were initially trained by consultant American cowboys - are overseeing a super-herd of almost 400,000 mother cows; one of the biggest cattle operations in the world. Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook:   / vicenews   Twitter:   / vicenews   Tumblr:   / vicenews   Instagram:   / vicenews   More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo