Thread: Could you help me?

Originally Posted by impulse

Hello i am on vacation. Today i tried to help a russian at the hotel. He had got an issue with his identification card. I tried to tell him in russian but did not know what is that id card that each of us have called in russian. Could you tell me ? thanks..

Arkadasim! Oh, but it's just called ПАСПОРТ. All Russian citizens travelling abroad must have ЗАГРАНИЧНЫЙ ПАСПОРТ (foreign passport). At home in Russia we use Russian passport. The word ID is not used in Russia.

Originally Posted by alexsms

Arkadasim! Oh, but it's just called ПАСПОРТ. All Russian citizens travelling abroad must have ЗАГРАНИЧНЫЙ ПАСПОРТ (foreign passport). At home in Russia we use Russian passport. The word ID is not used in Russia.

Yes, but again, it does not look like a card then!