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Britain is exporting millions of pounds worth of arms to Russia despite fears Moscow is arming the separatist rebels in Ukraine suspected of shooting down a Malaysia Airways plane, MPs have said. BBC reported.

A committee report said 251 licences for the sale of controlled goods worth at least £132m remained in force.

The PM has criticised other EU countries' arms deals with Moscow. David Cameron's spokesman said the UK had not sold arms to Russia's armed forces since March.

He also said the arms export licences still in place were for "non-military legitimate reasons".

Permits covering sniper rifles, night sights, small arms ammunition, gun mountings, body armour, military communications equipment and "equipment employing cryptography" remained in force, it said.

The government said it was keeping all licences under review and the majority of licences that remained in place were for "commercial use".