Crimea Prepares For Referendum On Secession

SIMFEROPOL, UKRAINE — MARCH 13: (CHINA OUT, SOUTH KOREA OUT) People queue outside a local bank to use a cash machine on March 13, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine. As the standoff between the Russian military and Ukrainian forces continues in Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula, world leaders are pushing for a diplomatic solution to the escalating situation. Crimean citizens will vote in a referendum on 16 March on whether to become part of the Russian federation. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)