Russia's London embassy: UK preparing anti-Moscow witch-hunt

Foreign secretary tells incoming US administration that Russia and Putin have been 'up to all sorts of very dirty tricks'

The Russian embassy in London has accused the Foreign Office of preparing to mount a witch-hunt against Moscow in the wake of allegations by the UK foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, that Russia has been "up to all sorts of tricks".

Johnson had claimed that the Kremlin was behind the hack of the Democratic campaign headquarters computer during the US presidential race, the first time that the UK has confirmed US intelligence reports linking the hacks to Russia.