[Jan_Sobieski]

Good question. You have to understand the Ancient names of these places (not anglicized names), and the history of these places, in order to understand the prophecy. Example:

Ezekiel 38 mentions "Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal" (Ezek 38:2). Meshech was the ancient area of Moscow, Tubal is the area of Tobolsk, Russia.

Famous Jewish historian, Josephus, identified the offspring of Magog as the Scythians, a name used in antiquity for peoples north of the Black Sea.[1] According to him, the Greeks called Scythia Magogia (Ant., bk. I, 6). An alternate identification derived from an examination of the order in which tribal names are listed in Ezekiel 38

That said, there has never been an attack on Israel by the confederacy of nations listed in Ezekiel 38. Which tells us that it may be coming soon (given current events)...

[JadeEmperor]

"Meshech was the ancient area of Moscow, Tubal is the area of Tobolsk, Russia."

As far as I know Moscow was never called Meschech. And Tobolsk, a relatively minor city (population less than 100K) and no a very significant one as far as the history of Russia. Why not St. Petersburg or something more significant to Russian history?

I never understood where do the modern American interpretations of Ezekiel 38 derive that particular link (seems the weakest link). Matching Hebraic names with the closest sounding Slavic ones (two totally different language families) it seems.

An alternate theory I've heard is that Meshech and Tubal refer to the tribes in what is today North Turkey. Seems more plausible that way.