When Margo wakes up, all she can find on TV is a broadcast of the ballet Swan Lake. This is a reference to the real life attempted coup of 1991 in the Soviet Union. The hard liners broadcast Swan Lake on TV to fill air time while they tried to carry out their coup.
Swan Lake had also been broadcast following the deaths of Leonid Brezhnev, Konstantin Chernenko and Yuri Andropov to fill air time while a new leader was being selected.
Swan Lake had also been broadcast following the deaths of Leonid Brezhnev, Konstantin Chernenko and Yuri Andropov to fill air time while a new leader was being selected.