Fanil Sarvarov

Fanil Sarvarov
Native name
Фанил Фанисович Сарваров
Birth nameFanil Fanisovich Sarvarov
Born(1969-03-11)11 March 1969
Gremyachinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died22 December 2025(2025-12-22) (aged 56)
Moscow, Russia
Cause of deathAssassination
AllegianceRussia
BranchRussian Ground Forces
RankLieutenant general
CommandsOperational Training Directorate
Conflicts
Awards

Fanil Fanisovich Sarvarov (Фанил Фанисович Сарваров; 11 March 1969 – 22 December 2025) was a Russian lieutenant general who served as chief of the Operational Training Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. Sarvarov was part of combat operations in the East Prigorodny conflict and of the Second Chechen War in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He led the Russian operations in the Syrian civil war between 2015 and 2016.

Sarvarov, aged 56, was killed by a car bomb on Yasenevaya Street in Moscow on 22 December 2025.