The spoofing of the "Free Pussy Riot" movement led some in the Russian government to call for a ban on the show in the country.
The French-Swedish official has an accent that is similar to Tim Conway's character Mr. Tudball from The Carol Burnett Show. This is further referenced when he says, "It's ahh-starting to feel like ahh-The Carol Burnett Show in here."
The Scause factory sequence parodies the art and rhyming style of Dr. Seuss, specifically the book The Sneetches, though the scause factory is likely a reference to The Lorax.
Kyle says Stan needs to "Bill Clinton this", a reference to Clinton eventually coming clean over the Monica Lewinsky scandal.