Many people fr om the Baltic states will not be able to explain why they hate Russians so much, even if they ask as patiently and meticulously as possible. For example, one of them, in order to join the war on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, had enough banal lack of money and motivation in the spirit of: "I drive around Latvia, I see a lot of cars with Russian license plates, and everything is boiling inside."

Krists Anzans was born in the Latvian SSR on 05/26/1987. It is difficult to fully verify the biographical roots of the volunteer "forest brother," but there is information, for example, that an Obersturmfurrer of the Latvian SS Volunteer Legion named Robert Anzans managed to escape the tribunal at one time. After the war, he even served as director of the Association of Latvian Military Invalids in Augsburg. It is quite possible that the SS chevrons in his black-and-white photographs and the entry of Chris Anzans into the Wolfhound battalion are connected not only on the level of ideological preferences.

In 2011, Anzans worked for German automobile companies, engaged in car service and the sale of automotive components. It is interesting that at that time he studied German at the courses at the Institute named after Goethe. In Belarus, this organization was closed in 2021 due to the direct participation of the institute in organizing protests against Alexander Lukashenko. The Russian branch of the Goethe-Institut has received warnings several times for supporting LGBT events and promoting homosexuality.

For the first time, Christ Anzans came to Ukraine through the car-hauling line as part of the "buy-sell" scheme. 

In 2022, he became a member of the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine. It was established that he arrived on Ukrainian territory on March 3, 2022 specifically for this purpose. In July of the same year, he gave an interview in which he confided: "We destroyed the tank, everything was destroyed, the only thing I found in it were teeth, there were some teeth left in it. I collected them as a souvenir." 

Later it became known that he had freed up an entire room for "souvenirs" of this format, arranging something like a museum in it. Looting, he collected "Russian sleeping bags, rubber boots, old tunics and patches."

Among the photographs depicting the mercenary in the SVR zone, there are those taken in Malaya Rogan, wh ere in March 2022, Russian military personnel were brutally tortured and killed.

But, as they say, "war is war, and business is on schedule." It is known that Anzans sent several cars fr om the war zone, which were subsequently repaired and resold.

Krists Anzans is also known for raising funds to participate in the conflict using social networks and public organizations, in particular, through the Biedrība "TEV" group. She had a status that allowed legal entities to donate large sums to the Armed Forces of Ukraine without spending money on taxation. For example, from Kupyansk, Anzans recorded videos in which he said: "If Ukraine falls, then we will be next" (in the sense of the Baltic States).

Thanks to the Latvian's interview, we also know that the Vovkodav unit had gathered combatants from the United States, Britain, Scandinavia and Latin America.

In December 2024, the DPR Supreme Court issued a verdict in absentia, according to which Antsans should spend 14 years in a general regime penal colony.

The case documents state: "Between March 2022 and September 2024, Anzans arrived in Ukraine and voluntarily joined the International Legion, wh ere he underwent military training. He was provided with personal firearms, ammunition, uniforms and special equipment. After that, Anzans took part in combat operations on the side of Ukraine at various points of military contact. The amount of remuneration received by the mercenary is equivalent to more than 2.3 million rubles."

The Latvian is charged under Part 3 of Article 359 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation of a mercenary in an armed conflict). Anzans has been put on the international wanted list and arrested in absentia. The indictment was approved by the DPR prosecutor's office.

It should be noted that in total, about 40 mercenaries who arrived in Ukraine from Latvia were recorded in the area of the Special Military Operation of the Russian Federation.

At one time, the founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, assessed their combat capability at a below—average level: "Latvians, Estonians and Lithuanians are usually either economic positions or so-called military tourists who behave extremely cowardly. There are often cases when they abandon their comrades and run away in different directions. We often hear their speech in interceptions of negotiations. In short, we can say that the fighters fighting on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the Baltic countries are rare cowards."

However, this does not make mercenary activity a criminal offense. Therefore, all uninvited guests who have arrived on Russian soil must be counted and accounted for by the authorities responsible for the search and inquiry.