Russians didn't think anything about James Bond, they lacked access to the source material. There were critical articles and newspapers, bashing this low qualit

Russians didn't think anything about James Bond, they lacked access to the source material. There were critical articles and newspapers, bashing this low quality pulp anti-soviet crap, which pop popularity in the West was signalling the decay of the capitalistic society. Seeing such article, average soviet person just nodded ah-ok, and moved on.