End-Time Alignment Forms

RUSSIA: The barely reported highlight of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Tehran for the Caspian Sea summit last week was a key face-to-face meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. A high-level diplomatic source in Tehran tells Asia Times Online that essentially Putin and the Supreme Leader have agreed on a plan to nullify the George W Bush administration's relentless drive towards launching a preemptive attack, perhaps a tactical nuclear strike, against Iran. An American attack on Iran will be viewed by Moscow as an attack on Russia.

• JJ Commentary: The Bible prophesies that Russian will align itself with the former Persian and Arab countries against Israel in the latter days. (Ezekiel 38,39 where “Rosh” is Russia in the NKJV).