City17 set in...? *no spoilers*

[Garric]

I'm not sure if this is the place, but I was playing through HL2 until I noticed something. It all came to me to me after seeing this:
*scroll down for screenshot if you don't like spoilers?*
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It says, "PORT 5" in Russian! Playing the game reminded me of monther Russia but I assumed that it was some generic European town, but then this does confuse me. Since I am Russian, I could read this that said Port 5.

I want no spoilers in this thread as I am not that far into the game, but could this mean that CITy 17 is actually Russia?

 

[h00dlum]

In one place the text on the gas things on the gas station is in swedish, does that mean City-17 is located in Sweden?

 

[SkylineGT-R34]

I saw a bunch of russian writings, I can read them cause Im russian, altho I dont live there anymore.

 

[SFLUFAN]

A few months ago, we established that City 17 is located in southern Russia near the Caspian Sea.