ay ev ▁has ▁th riv ed ▁on ▁importing ▁foreign ▁best ▁practices ▁to ▁Russian ▁far ms ", ▁said ▁The ▁Moscow ▁Times . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁Rus m ol co ▁emb ark ed ▁on ▁a ▁strateg ic ▁co operation ▁with ▁a ▁Singapore ▁company ▁O lam ▁International , ▁a ▁leading ▁ag ri - bus iness , ▁operating ▁in ▁ 7 0 ▁countries . ▁O LA M ▁inv ested ▁$ 7 5 ▁million ▁in ▁the ▁deal , ▁thereby ▁att aining ▁ 7 5 % ▁of ▁Rus m ol co ▁assets . ▁The ▁partners ▁announced ▁their ▁intention ▁to ▁form ▁a ▁large - scale ▁da iry ▁enter prise ▁with ▁$ 4 0 0 ▁million ▁invest ment ▁capital ▁( the ▁initial ▁ 2 0 - th ous and ▁mil king ▁her d ▁was ▁meant ▁to ▁reach ▁up ▁to ▁ 5 0 ▁thousand ▁heads ▁in ▁the ▁short ▁run ). ▁Thus , ▁Russia ' s ▁agricult ure ▁secured ▁a ▁he fty ▁chunk ▁of ▁invest ment , ▁l abeled ▁in ▁the ▁mass ▁media ▁as ▁being ▁" un pre ced ented ". ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁by ▁a ▁year - end ▁estimation ▁of ▁the ▁Institute ▁for ▁the ▁Agricult ural ▁Market ▁Studies , ▁Rus m ol co ▁secured ▁the ▁fourth ▁place ▁among ▁the ▁five ▁largest ▁raw ▁milk ▁produ cers ▁in ▁the ▁Russian ▁Federation . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁shortly ▁after ▁the ▁O lam ▁International ▁deal , ▁Bab ae v ▁under to ok ▁the ▁effort ▁to ▁cons olid ate ▁the