Why is TBN promoting Russian Imperialism?

It seems US Christian channel, TBN, is inadvertently promoting Russian imperialism by quoting some random 19th Century missionary, Hudson Taylor:

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Ironically, a number of preachers on TBN interpret the Biblical prediction of an end of the world apocalyptic war to mean Russia will be on the side of the anti-Christ and attack Israel, of which I'm equally skeptical: