 A 22-year-old woman in Ingushetia was shot by drunken soldiers from the brigade scavenging for alcohol.The deployment of a tank battalion of the brigade was apparently halted when it was
discovered that soldiers had been selling the explosive from their tanks' reactive armour.The second fully operational brigade in the district, the 200th Motor Rifle Brigade descends from the World War II-era 45th Rifle Division, which later became the 131st Motor Rifle Division.