Said historical references, selective as they are, seem to have glossed over the fact that certain Christians historically have identified Gog and Magog with such widely disparate figures as the Romans, the Huns, the Goths, the Khazars, the Mongols, and so forth. Furthermore, it seems somewhat dubious to claim such an ancient genetic link between the Scythians and the Russians as substantive proof when the Scythians had largely been destroyed or assimilated by the year 150 AD, and were decisively finished off as a polity by the Goths before the third century concluded (which is centuries before the concept of Muscovy or Russia even existed as a concrete entity).
This article also seems to take for granted that the prophecies related to the Kingdom of Israel are automatically transferred to the modern (manmade) nation-state of Israel, simply because they share the same name.
Be careful with your Replacement Theology.
It’s from the pit of hell.
Modern Israel (those who will look upon their Savior Jesus - see Zechariah 12:10) will be refined as gold in the fire and saved.