Russia is not Rosh.

[Ezra]

Here is what we find in Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible by Jamieson, Fausset and Brown.  For greater detail see "Dead Bones Live" by Frederick Tatford, pp 220-225. 

2. Gog--the prince of the land of Magog. The title was probably a common one of the kings of the country, as "Pharaoh" in Egypt. Chakan was the name given by the Northern Asiatics to their king, and is still a title of the Turkish sultan: "Gog" may be a contraction of this. In Ezekiel's time a horde of northern Asiatics, termed by the Greeks "Scythians," and probably including the Moschi and Tibareni, near the Caucasus, here ("Meshech . . . Tubal") undertook an expedition against Egypt [HERODOTUS, 1.103-106]. These names might be adopted by Ezekiel from the historical fact familiar to men at the time, as ideal titles for the great last anti-Christian confederacy. 
Magog--( Genesis 10:2 , 1 Chronicles 1:5 ). The name of a land belonging to Japheth's posterity. Maha, in Sanskrit, means "land." Gog is the ideal political head of the region. In Revelation 20:8 , Gog and Magog are two peoples. 
the chief prince--rather, "prince of Rosh," or "Rhos" [Septuagint]. The Scythian Tauri in the Crimea were so called. The Araxes also was called "Rhos." The modern Russians may have hence assumed their name, as Moscow and Tobolsk from Meshech and Tubal, though their proper ancient name was Slavi, or Wends. HENGSTENBERG supports English Version, as "Rosh" is not found in the Bible. "Magog was Gog's original kingdom, though he acquired also Meshech and Tubal, so as to be called their chief prince." 

Rosh = chief, principal, or, ruler, hence "chief prince" (KJV).

[FreeinChrist]

When we add Russia into the Ezekiel war, we should keep in mind that Putin is a life long Orthodox Christian and is very familiar with Old Testament Prophecies....     if it is to happen during his tenure as the head of Russia, I would think that it is Turkey and not Russia that will lead the charge against Israel.       I just don't see Putin as that stupid....

I agree and know that some scholars agree with your view Other One,

[OakWood]

 

Would he see the need to do these things if we had kept our word and not moved NATO to his very borders?

 

Putin would use any excuse for his aggression.  The Russian Bear has only one goal – Russian dominance.

 

 

Russia has been invaded many times over their history and they are quite paranoid......    probably justifiably so.

 

Why would any right-thinking person make excuses for Russia? Russia has no reason to be paranoid, since they are always the aggressors (and have made deception into a fine art).

 

 

Crimea holds their only warm water port and it is simply not conceivable that Putin or any Russian leader would give control of that up.....   ever.

 

That does not give them the right to grab Crimea or any other region. Crimea was unlawfully and forcibly annexed and millions were killed because of Russia wanting whatever it wanted. If they wanted use of the port, they could have requested it without grabbing it.  Bullies do the same thing.

 

The Russians had already requested the port. In fact they decided to let the Ukraine have it because they thought it would be in safe hands, but it wasn't. Russia had a military agreement with the Ukraine which was abused as the Ukrainians were incapable of maintaining the port, and were unwilling to keep it secure. Putin decided he would have it back.

It's bit like the U.S.A. allowing Britain the use of a military base and then Britain neglects it, uses it for other things and allows terrorists into it. The U.S.A. would then have every right to seize the base.

I'm pretty sure that your use of the word 'millions' is also a gross exaggeration.