Two notorious Russian pranksters have published footage from a hoax video call made to British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace last week, which the UK government blamed on the Kremlin. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Home Secretary Priti Patel said they had been targeted by calls from imposters last week, and Downing Street revealed an unsuccessful attempt was also made to contact Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries. Downing Street has blamed the Russian state for the hoax calls targeting UK ministers. On March 21, Russian hoaxers Vladimir “Vovan” Kuznetsov and Alexei “Lexus” Stolyarov posted online an “official teaser” of the call with Wallace. Wallace is shown speaking from Poland as the caller says Ukraine wants to progress a “nuclear programme” to protect itself from Moscow, a claim Russian state media has made in the past. After the footage was published, Wallace said, “Things must be going so badly for the Kremlin that …