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] 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).

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