SEVASTOPOL, April 13, /ITAR-TASS/. Acting governor of Sevastopol Aleksei Chaly has appointed cosmonaut Sergei Krikalyov as his representative in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The corresponding order had been signed on April 8 and came into force on Saturday.

“In connection with the change of the city management structure, appoint from April 12, 2014 Krikalyov Sergei Kostantinovich as representative of the governor of the federal city of Sevastopol in the cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg,” Chaly decreed.

The former representative of the governor, Igor Shapovalov, according to the order, is to hand over the responsibilities no later than April 15, 2014.