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Introduced by SENATOR FRANCIS "TOL" N. TOLENTINO
AN ACT
GRANTING PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP TO ALEKSANDR KOROVIN
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics was a great success for the Philippines. 
Aside from the country winning its first fold 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.
This representation's brother, Philippine Olympic Committee President Abraham 
"Bambol" N. Tolentino and Philippine Skating Union President Dominique Cheng are 
working hard to ensure the success of the Philippines in the Winter Olympics, and 
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 20 
to 27 March 2023 in Saitama, Japan. Isabella Gamez was able to qualify in the pairs 
category with Aleksandr Korovin.
Aleksandr Korovin is Russian and has been the partner of Isabella Gamez in 
various international figure skating competitions since 2021, They have been 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. Such set-up is allowed in other international figure skating 
competitions, but not in the Winter Olympics. The rules in the Winter Olympics require 
partners in the pairs category must be citizens of the country in which they are 
representing.
As partners, Isabella Gamez and Aleksandr Korovin are the first pair of skaters 
to win an international medal for the Philippines. They won a Silver Medal at the 2022 
Trophee Metropole Nice Cote d'Azur, an international figure skating competition held 
in Nice, France. They were also the first figure skating pair from Southeast Asia that 
qualified to participate in a World Figure Skating Championships event.
The future looks bright for the partnership of Isabella Gamez and Aleksandr 
Korovin in pairs figure skating. Being able to participate in the 2013 World Figure


Skating Championships is a step cioser for the Phiiippines' chance for a medai in the 
2026 Winter Oiympics.
Aieksandr Korovin is fuiiy committed in becoming a Fiiipino and he is aiso 
dedicated to bring more honor to the Phiiippines by continuousiy winning in 
internationai figure skating competitions with Isabeiia Gamez. This representation 
beiieves that granting Fiiipino citizenship to Aieksandr Korovin is necessary and must 
be pushed. It is high time that the Phiiippines win a medai in the Winter Oiympics, 
just as how the country won its first goid medai in the Summer Oiympics. This dream 
of success in the Winter Oiympics wiii come to fruition when the Senate gives it fuii 
support to Isabeiia Gamez and her partner, Aieksandr Korovin.
In view of the foregoing, the enactment of this biii is earnestiy sought.
N. TOLENTINO


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AN ACT
GRANTING PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP TO ALEKSANDR KOROVIN
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Aleksandr Korovin 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 3. Upon registration of the Oath of Allegiance, the Bureau of Immigration 
shall issue a Certificate of Naturalization to Aleksand Korovin who shall thereupon 
enter into full employment the Philippine citizenship.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its publication in the Official 
Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,