>>17938778>TiksiThis is a localization change. In the original Japanese games, he says that the Russian branch is in ポナヤツングスカ (Ponaya Tunguska) instead. This is a reference to the Podkamennaya Tunguska river in Russia, which is rendered in Japanese as ポドカメンナヤツングースカ. In 1908, this happened in that real-life river:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event 