In a statement issued on Thursday, the embassy said the newspaper's international news section was being influenced by an Americanised editorial team, allegedly based in Washington, which it said "invariably gives preference to ardent Russophobes and critics of Russian foreign policy."
While sharing the screenshot of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs tweet where it announced its foreign policy, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in a tweet wrote, "April Fool's Day is TOMORROW."