Story about US deserters in Paris during WWII
 

Has a T2K vibe to it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-violence.html

The actions of Soviet soldiers in Eastern Europe and Germany were worse.

Artiicle about Soviets in Germany
 

I think I read the book referred to in the first post. There wasn't much on the criminal underground, IIRC.

Still, something very T2k, I agree.