Russian Prime Minister and President-elect Vladimir Putin gestures while speaks at the State Duma, Russian Parliament’s lower house, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Russia’s president-elect Vladimir Putin says he would support a motion that barrs a person from being elected to the presidency more than twice. Putin said in Parliament on Thursday that it would be reasonable to remove the mention of consecutive terms. He said this would not affect him because such a legislation cannot be retroactive. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)