Originally Posted by Sarn

TODD LEWIS, a fourth- generation cowboy, was tired of struggling for a living in Nebraska when the call came from Russia to start a new life.

His wife Erin had seen an advertisement placed in a cattle trade magazine by a Russian company looking for American ranchmen and secretly sent off his CV to Moscow. She gave him five minutes? notice of his interview, which was conducted from Russia on Skype.

?The next thing I knew I was on a plane to Moscow,? Lewis, 45, said last week. ?Except for Mexico I?d never been outside the US. All I knew about Russia was from the depiction in our movies; it?s the evil empire and watch out because the KGB is out to get you.

?When I first landed and the customs lady started barking at me, I thought, ?Oh my God, what have I done???

US cowboys round â??em up in Russia | The Sunday Times