PIMENTEL WELCOMES CHAIR OF RUSSIA’S COUNCIL OF FEDERATIONS: Senator Koko Pimentel welcomes Valentina Matviyenko, Chairperson of Russia's Council of Federations upon her arrival at the Villamor Airbase last Monday, November 10, 2014. Matviyenko, together with a delegation of Russian parliamentarians, paid a courtesy call to members of the Philippine Senate to foster inter-parliamentary ties between the Philippine Congress and the Russian Federal Assembly. Also in photo is Senate Secretary Oscar Yabes. (PRIB Photo by Albert Calvelo/12 November 2014)