Around 70% of the film's scenes were shot at the Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bio-organic Chemistry in Moscow. It was built in 1959 and is a good example of brutalist Soviet architecture.
The way komodo dragons moved were a major visual reference for the alien creature.
'Sputnik' is a word associated with space exploration, as it was the name of the first artificial satellites put in orbit around the earth. It is also the Russian word for 'companion' or 'fellow traveler', alluding to the companion the commander brings along.
Upon its VOD release in Russia, the film was streamed by over 1 million people, making it the biggest release on all platforms in two years.
During the metronome scene, shortly after Dr. Rigels says "Two", for one of the computers in the observation room the sound effect is heard that was used for the computer aboard the 'Nostromo' in Alien, le 8ème passager (1979).