Russian officials have accused Boris Johnson of whipping up "hysteria" after the Foreign Secretary urged protests outside the country's embassy in response to Russia's involvement in the Syria crisis.

Defence ministry spokesman major general Igor Konashenkov said Mr Johnson's accusations were "a storm in a glass of muddy London water".

He added: "Russophobic hysteria of certain members of the British establishment is no longer impressive".

He also denied accusations from Mr Johnson that Russia was involved in the bombing of an aid convoy in Syria.

On Tuesday, Mr Johnson told the commons that all evidence pointed towards Russian aircraft being involved in the attack on September 19.

Konashenkov added: "No Russian aircraft were in the area of the humanitarian convoy in Aleppo.

"It's a fact. And all the 'alleged' evidence... will not be worth a penny, if someone is really given access to them."

In response to the commons debate, the Russian embassy said: "The speeches of those who participated in the discussion contradict the logic of all previous decisions of the International Syria Support Group as well as UN Security Council resolutions [Britain is a member of both].

"Syria is going through the hard process of defeating terrorists. Pity that the British parliamentarians placed themselves on the wrong side of history this time", the embassy press secretary added.