Popkov began working in Chechnya in 1995 during the First Chechen War , where he helped negotiate the release of dozens of civilian hostages and prisoners of war ( including a Russian Army general ) , and was a frequent visitor to Grozny during the heavy fighting , where he helped release some of the Russian prisoners of war held in the Presidential Palace in Grozny just before the Russian bombing in 1995 . In the aftermath of the war , he delivered humanitarian aid to refugees and documented atrocities , and during the Second Chechen War he filmed the aftermath of the Novye Aldi massacre in 2000
Novye Aldi massacre
Novye Aldi massacre
Viktor Popkov