On the other, though, he said that his time on the station has sometimes forced him to confront American culture's misrepresentations of Russian people — and that it all came to a head on movie night.

It should be obvious to literally anyone. Especially any movies made during the cold war. Hell, even Chekhov was portrayed as an arrogant, but bumbling, fool. Star Trek gave someone from Japan more respect than someone from Russia.

Thing is, let's not pretend the Americans aren't going to be the bad guys in Soviet era films.