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Demonstrators display Red flags, banners reading "Referendum", "Russia help!" and a high portrait of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin with the words "Defender of Holy Russia" during a massive rally in support of the Crimean referendum in the Black Sea port of Odessa, Ukraine, Sunday, March 16, 2014. In a referendum watched closely around the world, residents in Ukraine's strategic Crimean Peninsula voted Sunday on whether to demand greater autonomy or split off and seek to join Russia. The vote has been condemned as illegal by the United States and European countries.(AP Photo/Sergei Poliakov)
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Second place Brittany Bowe of the U.S., left, winner Heather Richardson of the U.S., center, and third place Russia's Olga Fatkulina pose on the podium after the women's 1000-meter speedskating race during the World Cup final at Thialf skating arena, Sunday, March 16, 2014, in Heerenveen, northern Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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President of the the National Paralympic Committee of Ukraine Valeriy Suskevich holds up his finger during a press conference before the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
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President of the the National Paralympic Committee of Ukraine Valeriy Suskevich holds out his hands during a press conference before the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)