During the 1980s, in keeping with the American political climate, some apocalyptic-minded right-wingers predicted that the Soviet Union would be a major antagonist in the biblical armageddon. By necessity, this rhetoric changed by the early 1990s once the Soviet Union dissolved. But had it already begun changing during Reagan's second term, when he and Gorbachev worked to improve relations?
The soviet union's potential connection to scripture was based on a relatively pragmatic reading of the passages regarding Gog and Magog. These are the two allied forces that are supposed to invade Israel. Gog and Magog have long been thought to be connected with the scythians(and central asia), who would have existed in area largely occupied by the soviet union. Having both the army and the geographic positioning, they simply fit the prophetic bill most closely. But as the USSR broke up and no longer regarding as nearly as an imposing military power, they simply seem to be less and less likely to fit the bill for being gog/magog.