Russia reacts to JPMorgan Chase blocking diplomatic transfer on ‘sanctions' pretense

``The Russian Foreign Ministry has sharply reacted to the "illegal and absurd" blocking of a Russian diplomatic transaction by US bank JPMorgan Chase due to "sanctions." Moscow warned that such moves might backfire for the US diplomatic mission in Russia. JPMorgan Chase blocked a money transfer on behalf of the Russian Embassy in Kazakhstan to insurance company SOGAZ, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Aleksandr Lukashevich said in a Tuesday statement. ''