Things have changed since the Cold War.
Now Belarus sees western countries overrun with Turd Worlders, US Garbage Culture with a bunch of faggotry running amuck.
They do have a point.
They might have a point, true but freedom is still important and I’d rather live in the West or even in Russia than in Belarus.
Many people think otherwise, true. Some Germans are still missing DDR and that you said is part of reasoning.
I must admit, that exporting American culture has been a harder sell since the mid 1960’s, and particularly in the 21st century.