comment: >
  
  Can we get Mark Meadows an honorary mention?
  History will have a special place for Mark, and so should we.
context: The finalists of the award alongside Prigozhin in 2022 were: the Court of Justice of the European Union, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.
  Prigozhin replaced the self-proclaimed president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, in this "post", who was the corrupt official of the year in 2021. >
  
  TIL that the ECJ recently struck down a directive on transparency and anti-corruption, as it ruled in favour of the financial secrecy of organisations based on "privacy concerns". Making it much easier for oligarchs, money launderers and tax dodgers to secretly funnel money to EU tax havens. >
  
  Link? >
  
  Also awarded fugliest human of the year. >
  
  He reminds me of Nosferatu. Probably the bald head and pointy ears >
  
  Happy 100th birthday to that great film! >
  
  laughing all the way to the bank >
  
  He’s got some heat following him. There’s no way that other oligarchs don’t have Mr. Handsome in their crosshairs. Someone, somewhere is going to put him through a window. >
  
  He has his own private army and probably paranoid as fuck, going to be hard to get to him unless you are putin, not like he can bring his army along to a meeting with putin. >
  
  That’s the thing, playboy here is making a case for himself to be the next putin. And that brings attention from other fun people. >
  
  
  playboy here is making a case for himself to be the next putin.
  
  A funny plot twist if hes the one throwing putin allies out of windows, lol >
  
  It’s some Game of Thrones shit playing out, it’s really bizarre. putin is good and well fucked by way of man or natural causes, the throne is up for grabs. Prighozin is in a juicy position, no doubt. But by virtue of being the front-runner, he’s got everyone and the boss scrutinizing him intensely >
  
  Unironically james bond villain looking ass >
  
  James Bond villain crossed with Homer Simpson.