People gather at Arena-2000, home venue of ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, as they pay their last respects to the victims of Wednesday's plane crash, in Yaroslavl September 10, 2011. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov

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Crowds mourn Russian ice hockey players after crash

YAROSLAVL, Russia (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Russians, led by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, paid their last respects on Saturday to the victims of a plane crash that wiped out almost an entire ice hockey team.