COURTESY CALL WITH RUSSIA'S COUNCIL OF FEDERATION CHAIR: Senate President Franklin M. Drilon with Valentina Matvienko, Chairperson of Russia's Council of Federation, during her courtesy call with members of the Philippine Senate held at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila on Monday, November 10, 2014. Matvienko is Russia's third highest official, and is the highest-ranking female politician in that country. Drilon said he hopes that Matvienko's visit will enhance the "warm inter-parliamentary ties between the Philippine Congress and the Russian Federal Assembly." (PRIB Photo by Joseph Vidal, November 10, 2014)