Police officers stand by as a pro-Ukrainian supporter holding a Ukrainian flag walks past during a rally at the monument of poet and national icon Taras Shevchenko in the Crimean city of Simferopol on March 11, 2014. Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula voted on March 11 for full independence from Ukraine in preparation for a referendum to join Russia while France threatened sanctions against Moscow as early as this week. AFP PHOTO/ GENYA SAVILOV (Photo credit should read GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images)