The Bond people were very careful never to portray the Russians as bad guys
In From Russia with Love, Rosa Klebb is KGB, but she's working for Spectre.
In Goldeneye Orumov is a Russian general, but working for Sean Bean's Janus organisation.
Sorry, I'll shut up
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Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration,
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