"Look at who has a more positive perception in Europe"

Yes, I will admit that the Western (mostly US and UK) propaganda machine is unsurpassed in its nefarious effectiveness.

https://www.les-crises.fr/the-successful-70-year-campaign-to-convince-people-the-usa-and-not-the-ussr-beat-hitler/

That article has a VERY interesting chart of poll results in France. Please check it out.

Also, if you have not yet read "Manufacturing Consent" by the great Noam Chomsky, I recommend that as well.

Don't forget, 2/3 of Democrats in the USA still believe that Russia interfered to LITERALLY change the vote count in the 2016 election.