A Russian border guard prepares to burn 19 September 2001 111 kilos of heroin seized at the Tajik-Afghan border 17 September 2001 near the village of Moskovsky, 200 kms south of Dushanbe. Bags of heroin were abandoned by Afghan smugglers who escaped a Russian patrol to flee to Afghanistan. Russian border guards have seized nearly 1.9 tonnes of heroin at the Tajik-Afghan border since the beginning of the year, and over 60 smugglers were killed in shootouts. Russian border guards patrol the 1,200 kms (750 mile) border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan under an agreement signed by Moscow and Dushanbe.

A group of special forces soldiers leave for raid to Konsomolskoye village, 12 March, 2000.

New detachment of Russian special forces arrive in southern region of Chechnya, 19 March, 2000.

A Russian soldier gives a handshake to his comrade, newly arrived in the southern region of Chechnya with the new detachment to reinforce the army group, Sunday 19 March, 2000.

Russian soldiers shell the enemy's positions during combat actions with Islamic extremists, who still keep some villages under their control in the Botlikh region of Dagestan, Russia, 22 August 1999.

Russian soldiers prepare for one more raid to clean the area of Tando village from the rest of Islamic extremists, Dagestan, Russia, 25 August 1999.

Кстати, вот эти ребята не из 22-ой бригады?

Нет. Судя по разгрузкам это СН ВВ. Я бы сказал, что это "Скиф". Группы 16 ОСН не пересекались в Ботлихе с семеркой. Они работали в Цумадинском районе и брали вместе с ГРУманами Харами. А эта фото как бы не из Кадарки, вообще.

ГРУманы на фото, судя по времени и месту - псковичи.