Air turns blue on the Moscow hotline

Over at Three Line Whip,Andrew Porter claims that David Miliband had to undergo a torrent of abuse when speaking to the Russian foreign minister Sergi Lavrov.

According to Andrew's sources

Such was the repeated use of the "F word" according to one insider who has seen the transcript, it was difficult to draft a readable note of the conversation.
One unconfirmed report suggested that Mr Lavrov said: "Who are you to f------ lecture me?"
He also asked Mr Miliband in equally blunt terms whether he knew anything of Russia's history?