Yeah, there was no black smokings - they wore the raspberry-colored smokings, always had a brick-sized mobile phone in hand, and used "V nature!" in every sentence (I remember it image pretty well, because my neighbor was from such guys). Honestly, I'd say that these "real" guys are waaaay more stereotypical and cliched than these cliched "bad russians" from the American movies, despite being real.
And about that "bad portrayal" - yeah, such propaganda exists (like against russians after the Cold War and until novadays, or against people of Japan during/after the WWII), but let's be honest - if somebody seriously believes that all members of some nation are bad because of their portrayal in the games/movies and willing to seriosuly hate them for that... Well, such people are beyond help to begin with, I guess? Plus there are difference between a pure propaganda (where everything is black and white, like the last Call of Duty) and a comedy built on stereotypes (like this game, where mexicans are unlegal workers, italians sell pizza, fat guys are nerds, blonds are stupid and religious people are... well, you know). There's no need to be so serious about something in such game.