You never hear any stories about the Russian Navy during .WWII
They did a pretty good job of killing civilians.
A Soviet submarine sunk the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German liner evacuating personnel from East Prussia in early 1945, at the loss of 9,300 lives, the greatest loss in maritime history (Titanic ~1500)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Wilhelm_Gustloff
This could be why.