From the exact same article:

> According to Simon MacKenzie, "callous self-interest and a desire for retribution played a role in the fate" of German prisoners, and he exemplifies by pointing out that sick or otherwise unfit prisoners were forcibly used for labor, and in France and the [Netherlands] this also included work such as highly dangerous mine-clearing; "by September 1945 it was estimated by the French authorities that two thousand prisoners were being maimed and killed each month in accidents." [...] In retaliation for acts of resistance, French occupation forces expelled more than 25,000 civilians from their homes. Some of these civilians were subsequently forced to clear minefields in Alsace.

Yes, the Soviet Union was extremely brutal on a scale and with an intensity higher than most other contemporary countries.

But if that's your only takeaway from the linked article, you're not trying to learn, you're trying to reinforce your pre-existing beliefs.