UK blames Kremlin for hoax call to Johnson

The UK believes the Kremlin was behind a hoax call targeting Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

Russian pranksters pretended to be the Armenian prime minister in a call to Mr Johnson, during which he discussed the UK’S relationship with Moscow and the nerve agent attack on former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.

Pranksters Alexei Stolyarov and Vladimir Kuznetsov – known as Lexus and Vovan – have claimed a series of highprofile victims including politicians and Sir Elton John.

Critics claim they have links to the Russian security services and a senior UK diplomatic source said: “This seems to be the latest desperate attempt by the Kremlin to save face after it was internationally shamed in the wake of the Skripal attack.