Acting President of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov (R) and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk (2nd R) take part in a rally to mark the 200th birthday of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko near his monument in central Kiev March 9, 2014. About 300 opponents of Russian-backed plans for Crimea to secede gathered around the monument to mark the late national hero Shevchenko’s birthday. REUTERS/Konstantin Grishin (UKRAINE – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ANNIVERSARY)