In December 1994, Russian forces began the siege of Chechnya’s capital Grozny.
Dr Aslan Doukaev was a university teacher when the first Chechen war started.
In this programme first broadcast in 2010 he tells Ed Butler about surviving months of conflict.
(Photo: Russian soldier during the siege of Grozny. Credit: Getty Images)
Published on Thursday, 22nd December 2022.
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