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should I bring my passport out?

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sheep Just Starting Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 5	Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:32 pm    Post subject: should I bring my passport out? I read about the police scam (some police will stop u in the street and ask for your passport & money) in Russia the other day. Lonely planet suggest us to bring a passport copy instead of real passport out. Just wonder do we need to bring our real passort with us in Russia and what should I do if I don't want to fall into such scam?
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mediashark Moderator Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 1599	Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:28 pm    Post subject: If you bring your passport out, just don't let the policemen take it in their hands. They have no right to ask you to hand it over. Oh, a cell phone with a number to your embassy's counsulate helps too. I usually just turn up my walkman and ignore them if I know for sure they are not authorised (they are a cadet or 'commercial' guard) to check documents.
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Oleg Frequent Guest Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 50 Location: St-Petersburg, Russia	Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:46 am    Post subject: mediashark wrote: If you bring your passport out, just don't let the policemen take it in their hands. They have no right to ask you to hand it over. They have the right to check documents.
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mediashark Moderator Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 1599	Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:19 am    Post subject: to check, yes, but not to take!
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Rick Moderator Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 854 Location: Касабланка	Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:40 am    Post subject: I took a copy out for the past few days. So did a few other guys in the place I was staying with and were quite well-traveled in Russia (one had studied and lived there for well over a year). Main reason for me though was that I could not stand a wallet that I had hanging around my neck any longer...
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Sparks Frequent Guest Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 22 Location: Sao Paulo - Brazil	Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:56 pm    Post subject: mediashark wrote: If you bring your passport out, just don't let the policemen take it in their hands. They have no right to ask you to hand it over. Oh, a cell phone with a number to your embassy's counsulate helps too. I usually just turn up my walkman and ignore them if I know for sure they are not authorised (they are a cadet or 'commercial' guard) to check documents. I don’t understand. How is the authority supposed to examine the person’s documents without taking it in his hands? Besides, how are you to stop the guard from taking it in his hands if he wants to? You simply say, “no, you can’t take it”? I mean, sounds like it could cause more trouble. He is the authority - I think there isn’t much the ordinary citizen or foreigner can do besides trying to talk or buy his way out of the situation...
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