KOTLYAKOVO, Bryansk region. May 23 (Interfax) - After a meeting on meat farming development in the Bryansk region Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev spoke to American cowboys training Russian shepherds at local agricultural enterprises.

The prime minister entered a stable, greeted the cowboys and started a chat. The cowboys told him they have arrived here with their families from Idaho and Oregon.

One cowboy said that while everything is slightly different here, it is good for kids because they are learning a new country and meeting new people.

The prime minister spoke in English to another cowboy, from Idaho, who said that the weather is fairly dry there (in America), while here rains are more frequent, which is good for grass, and cows grow big and fat.

Medvedev also asked whether the guests have learned some Russian, to which one cowboy replied that he has learned a few important phrases in Russian, meaning "open the gates, close the gates."

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KOTLYAKOVO, Bryansk region. May 23 (Interfax) - After a meeting on meat farming development in the Bryansk region Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev spoke to American cowboys training Russian shepherds at local agricultural enterprises.

The prime minister entered a stable, greeted the cowboys and started a chat. The cowboys told him they have arrived here with their families from Idaho and Oregon.

One cowboy said that while everything is slightly different here, it is good for kids because they are learning a new country and meeting new people.

The prime minister spoke in English to another cowboy, from Idaho, who said that the weather is fairly dry there (in America), while here rains are more frequent, which is good for grass, and cows grow big and fat.

Medvedev also asked whether the guests have learned some Russian, to which one cowboy replied that he has learned a few important phrases in Russian, meaning "open the gates, close the gates."