US bank's actions with respect to Russian embassy in Astana could prompt retaliation - Moscow

    The decision by JP Morgan Chase to block the Russian Astana-based embassy transfer to the insurance company Sogaz under the pretext of anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the US in response to Crimea's reunification with Russia is "absolutely unacceptable, illegal and ludicrous," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said.     "If the US...