Pro-Russia demonstrators hold Russian and Crimean flags and posters as they rally in front of the local parliament building in Crimea's capital Simferopol, Ukraine, Thursday March 6, 2014. About 50 people rallied outside the local parliament Thursday morning waving Russian and Crimean flags. Lawmakers in Crimea called a March 16 referendum on whether to break away from Ukraine and join Russia instead, voting unanimously Thursday to declare their preference for doing so. A poster reads "Russia, Defend us from Genocide." (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)