London: An unverified bogus Twitter account claiming to belong to Russian President Vladimir Putin has been suspended after going undetected for six years.

Russian President Vladmir Putin. Credit:AP

The account, (at)putinRF_eng, managed to attract more than one million followers and was mentioned in tweets sent by several high profile names, including former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, and former Argentina president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

"We suspended (at)putinRF_eng for impersonation based on a valid report we received from Russian officials," Twitter announced.

Earlier this year, the Kremlin confirmed to the Press Association that the account in question was not run by Putin nor managed by a member of his team.