Russia's national flag (R) and Crimea's regional flag are seen on a building of Council of Ministers in Simferopol, March 5, 2014. Russia rebuffed Western demands to withdraw forces in Ukraine's Crimea region to their bases on Wednesday amid a day of high-stakes diplomacy in Paris aimed at easing tensions over Ukraine and averting the risk of war. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)