Newsbeat Documentaries
From Russia without Love?
2018 • E12 Nov 23, 2018 30m
To say tensions are high between Russia and the UK at the moment would be an understatement.
Russia has been accused of a lot - everything from poisoning spies to peddling fake news and trying to influence elections.
But what do they think of Britain? To find out, Newsbeat reporter Will Chalk spent a week there.
He meets real young Russians, from an arts collective formed around a shared love of Vladamir Putin, to a 26-year-old who makes his living by climbing high buildings without a safety harness.
Are our countries enemies? And if so, how are we supposed to build bridges?
Russia has been accused of a lot - everything from poisoning spies to peddling fake news and trying to influence elections.
But what do they think of Britain? To find out, Newsbeat reporter Will Chalk spent a week there.
He meets real young Russians, from an arts collective formed around a shared love of Vladamir Putin, to a 26-year-old who makes his living by climbing high buildings without a safety harness.
Are our countries enemies? And if so, how are we supposed to build bridges?