Yes. Russia China North Korea some South American countries Iran Syria Saudi Arabia ... Even the biggest dictator tells he is a democratic and honest politician. The best example is Putin.
Just do the test: ask people in the US or Europe where they want to move: Australia, Canada Russia, China, North Korea... What would you think the huge majority would choose? Why do all illegal immigrants choose for West Europe, and not for Russia, China or Belarus? Hundreds of them that arrived in Belarus already are flying back home.
China and Russia are not in the same category as North Korea. Australia and Canada are taking a page from the CCP playbook. The virus was not COVID.
All these countries were terrorized by the Russians, and they NEVER want to go back to the "good old Russian days": Latvia Lithuania Poland Czech Republic Slovakia Hungary Romania Bulgaria Ukraine East Germany Estonia This shows how "good" the Russians were and still are.
I saw that regime (and several other communist nations they took over) in person pre-Cold War. What they did in their own nation and to other parts of Europe in unconscionable. The U.S. hasn't been perfect, but the downright toppling of nations and installing communist regimes done by the USSR (and what happened later) isn't even close to the same thing.