When Britain Invaded Russia

The Novichok poisoning scandal in the cathedral city of Salisbury plunged Britain's relations with Russia into crisis. But there is a much longer history of suspicion and distrust on both sides. A century ago a British led intervention force landed in the far north of Russia. For 18 gruelling months, thousands of foreign troops under British command fought Russians on Russian soil. Lucy Ash has been to the city of Archangel bordering the Russian Arctic where the British troops landed and tells the story of a little known brutal war that transformed Russian attitudes to the West for decades to come.