Candidates for the post of Governor of the Republic of Crimea have been named 2014-09-17 16:30:00 Vladimir Putin sent to the State Council of the Republic of Crimea the names of the following candidates for election to the post of Governor of Crimea: 1. Sergei Aksyonov – Acting Governor of the Republic of Crimea. 2. Gennady Narayev – Minister of Environment and Natural Resources and Chief State Inspector of the Republic of Crimea. 3. Alexander Terentyev – Deputy of the Russian Federation State Duma.