Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE 0F REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
NINEIEENTll CONGRESS
First Regular Session
HOUSEBILLNo.8488
RECEIVED
DATEuM_4Tm
Introduced by the Honorable ANIELA BIANCA D. TOLENTINO
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The 2020 Tokyo  Summer olympics was a great success for the  Philippines.
Aside  from  the  country  winning  its  first  gold  medal,  the  Filipino  contingent  who
participated  in  said  event  produced  the  biggest  medal  haul  for the  Philippines.  All
Filipinos around the world was filled with pride and joy, during that moment in time,
all Filipinos were proud to be Filipinos. Achievements by Filipino athletes in prestigious
international sports events are essential to the Filipino DNA.
Philippine olympic Comm.ttee President Abraham "Bambol" N. Tolentino and
Philippine  Skating  Union  President  Dominique  Cheng  are  now working  hard  so that
the Philippines can also have success in the Winter Olympics, and they found Isabella
Gamez,  a  figure  skater.  She  is  a  full-blooded  Filipina  and  was  able  to  qualify  and
participate in the 2023 World  Figure Skating Championships,  held  last march  20-27,
2023 in Saitama, Japan. Isabella Gamez was able to qualify in the pairs category with
Aleksandr Korovin.
Aleksandr  Korovin  is  Russian  and  has  been  a  partner  of Isabella  Gamez  in
international figure skating competitions since 2021. They are carrying the Philippine
flag  in  international figure skating competitions because the Philippine Skating  Union
formally   asked   that   Aleksandr   Korovin   be   released   from   the   Russian   Skating
Federation. This set-up can be done in other intemational figure skating competitions
but not in the Winter Olympics. The rules in the Winter Olympics require that partners
in the pairs category must be citizens of the country that they are representing.
As partners, Isabella Gamez and Aleksandr Korovin are the first pair of skaters
to win an international medal for the Philippines, when they won a silver medal at the
2022 Trophee Metropole Nice Cote d'Azur,  an  international figure skating event held


in  Nice,  France. They are also the first figure skating  pair from  Southeast Asia that
qualified to participate in a Worid Figure Skating Championships event.
The future  lcoks  bright for the  partnership of Isabella  Gamez and  Aleksandr
Korovin  in  pairs  figure  skating.  Being  able  to  participate  in  the  2023  World  Figure
Skating Championships is a step closer for the Philippines' chance for a medal in the
2026 Winter Olympics. As such, this representation  is excited to take action  in the
naturalization as Filipino of Aleksandr Korovin.
Aleksandr  Korovin  is  fully  committed  to  beocming  a  Filipino  and  he  is  also
dedicated  to  bringing  more  honor  to  the  Philippines  by  continuously  winning   in
international  figure  skating  competitions  with  Isabella  Gamez.  This  representation
believes that granting Filipino citizenship to Aleksandr Korovin is necessary and should
be  pushed.  It is high time that the Philippines win  a  medal  in the Winter Olympics,
just as how the country won its first gold medal in the Summer olympics. This dream
of success in the Winter Olympics will come to fruition when House of Representatives
gives its full support to Isabella Gamez and her partner, Aleksandr Korovin.
For the Filipino people, approval of the foregoing bill is earnestly being sought.


Republic of the Philippines
HOusE OF REPRESENTAnvEs
Quezon City
NINETEENTll CONGRESS
First Regular Session
H0USEBILLNo.8486
Introduced by the Honorable ANIELA BIANCA D. TOLENTINO
AN ACT GRANTING PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP TO
ALEKSANDR KonovlN
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of the  Philippines  .in
Congress assembled :
SECTION   1.  Aleksandr  Korovin   is  hereby  granted   Philippine   is   hereby  granted
Philippine citizenship with all the rights, privileges, and prerogatives, as well as, duties
and  obligations  appurtenant  thereto,  under  the  Constitution  and  the  laws  of the
Republic of the Philippines.
SECTION  2.  Aleksandr  Korovin  shall  take  the  Oath  of  Allegiance  before  a  duly
authorized officer to administer the same. The Oath of Allegiance shall be registered
with the Bureau of Immigration.
SECTION 3. Upon registration of the Oath of AIIegiance, the Bureau of Immigration
shall  issue  a  Certificate of Naturalization  to Aleksandr Korovin  who shall  thereupon
enter into the full employment of Philippine citizenship.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its publication in the Official
Gazette or in newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,