Chesno ( uk, Чесно, lit=honestly, fairly) is a Ukrainian public campaign that emerged late 2011 to advance a fair election process.
[ It is widely known for its critical analysis and evaluation of politicians and the ]Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...
(parliament) in Ukraine
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. The organization provides a public familiarization of political culture and every individual legislator as well as candidates to the People's Deputies of Ukraine
People's, branded as ''People's Viennaline'' until May 2018, and legally ''Altenrhein Luftfahrt GmbH'', is an Austrian airline headquartered in Vienna. It operates scheduled and charter passenger flights mainly from its base at St. Gallen-Al ...
in the country.
Its logo is a clove of garlic
Garlic (''Allium sativum'') is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the genus ''Allium''. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, Welsh onion and Chinese onion. It is native to South Asia, Central Asia and northe ...
, which was chosen as a "way for disinfection and fight with impure forces".
History
The movement was started in late 2011[Nations in Transit 2012 - Ukraine]
Freedom House
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(6 June 2012) by a group of interested activists along with representatives of a partnership "New Citizen". The movement was founded on 29 October 2011 exactly a year before the next parliamentary elections in Ukraine during the public action "Let's filter the parliament in 24 hours" ( uk, Фільтруємо парламент за 24 години). The purpose is to activate the society in order to cleanse the future parliament from the