Twitter suspends Russian news channel's 'British embassy' account

UK Foreign Office complained about account set up by RT as part of project marking centenary of Russian revolution

It’s a few notches below the North Korean missile crisis, but it appears that the simmering propaganda cold war between the UK and Russia has turned hot again.

A complaint by the British government has resulted in the suspension of a Twitter account that was set up by RT, the Kremlin-backed news channel formerly known as Russia Today, as part of an extensive online project to mark the Russian revolution’s centenary.

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