Anatoly Kyarov

Anatoly Sultanovich Kyarov (Russian: Анатолий Султанович Кяров; 10 November 1957 – 12 January 2008) was the head of the Russia's Kabardino-Balkaria republic's UBOP (Unit for Fighting Organized Crime). He and his UBOP squad were accused of serious human rights abuses within Kabardino-Balkaria, including of torture and murder.^[1][2][3]

Anatoly Sultanovich Kyarov
Native name	Анатолий Султанович Кяров
Born	10 November 1957 Nalchik, USSR
Died	12 January 2008 Nalchik, Russia
Allegiance	Soviet Union Russia
Branch	MVD
Years of service	1981 – 2008
Rank	Colonel
Awards	Hero of the Russian Federation

Kyarov was assassinated on January 12, 2008, in Nalchik together with a senior officer of the OMON special forces, while two other police officers were wounded in the attack.^[4][5] The local Islamist insurgent group Yarmuk Jamaat was seen as responsible for the assassination (its leader, Anzor Astemirov, have previously survived many assassination attempts himself by Kyarov and his men).^[1][6]