Hey Owen, when I've been googling internet to look who is that Andrew Nagorski I've found that he was reporter of "Newsweek" in Moscow in 70's and helped so-called 'russian germans' to get to west Germany in after-war period, is he author of ur book?
Here is interesting article from one of dissidents that helped 'russian germans' -
Îëåã ÏÎÏÎÂ.Êàê ÿ ïîìîãàë íåìöàì. Êàðòà ¹ 24-25, can be read thru translate.google.com, but be advised that translation isn't good

Very interesting article for me.