Eurasian union developing?

Source:Department of Defense Vladimir Putin envisions a Eurasian Union that will put Moscow as a top leader among the world's nations by 2015. The Russian Prime Minister "has a vision for a Soviet Union-lite he hopes will become a new Moscow-led global powerhouse." On January 1, 2012, Russia moved one step closer to this goal with an agreement with Belarus and Kazakhstan to allow free movement of goods and capital across their borders. Putin's plan is to extend his reach, becoming head of a Eurasian superpower. "As Putin envisions it, the still-hypothetical union will eventually stretch from the eastern fringes of Central Europe to the Pacific Coast and south to the rugged Pamir Mountains abutting Afghanistan" (Associated Press, January 3, 2012). Mr. Putin's plans for a Eurasian union fit with prophecies recorded long ago in the Bible, where God revealed a future alliance that He would bring to pass (Isaiah 46:9-10). In Daniel 11:40-44 the European King of the North (or "Beast") is prophesied to destroy the Middle-Eastern King of the South. This Beast will occupy Jerusalem, yet news from the east and north will "trouble him" (v. 44). This Eurasian Union could be a source of a 200-million-man army that is prophesied to march from the east across the Euphrates and descend on Jerusalem (Revelation 9:13-19; 16:12-16). This massive army will annihilate a third of mankind and will destroy the Beast just prior to the return of Jesus Christ. The only nations capable of assembling such an army are those intended to be in this Eurasian union and include Russia, China, and possibly India, among others.