The far-right political party Britain First removed a series of pro-Putin posts from its website at some point in the last year, BuzzFeed News has learned.

The posts included one titled "GO PUTIN! Russian president’s popularity on rise in Czech Republic!" and "VIDEO: Putin backs our Brexit". The website's content is usually shared on the far-right group's Facebook page, which has more than 1.5 million followers.

Three inflammatory anti-Muslim tweets from the fringe party's deputy leader were retweeted on Wednesday morning by US President Donald Trump, bringing a renewed level of scrutiny to an otherwise ignored organisation that has no MPs or councillors.

Journalist Ben Judah noticed the site had at some stage recently removed posts tagged "Vladimir Putin" from its website after spotting they were still listed on Google – where deleted content generally vanishes the next time the site is indexed.