Why does a hotel need a guest's passport details?

RF Government Resolution No. 1853 of 18.11.2020 (as amended on 20.03.2024) "On approval of the Rules for the provision of hotel services in the Russian Federation"

Clause 19. Registration of consumers who are citizens of the Russian Federation at the place of stay in a hotel is carried out in accordance with the Rules for registration and deregistration of citizens of the Russian Federation at the place of stay and at the place of residence within the Russian Federation, approved by RF Government Resolution No. 713 of 17 July 1995 "On approval of the Rules for registration and deregistration of citizens of the Russian Federation at the place of stay and at the place of residence within the Russian Federation and the list of persons responsible for receiving and transferring documents to the registration authorities for registration and deregistration of citizens of the Russian Federation at the place of stay and at the place of residence within the Russian Federation".
Registration of consumers who are foreign citizens and stateless persons at the place of stay in a hotel and their deregistration at the place of stay are carried out in accordance with the Rules for the implementation of migration registration of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Russian Federation, approved by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 15, 2007 N 9 "On the procedure for implementing migration registration of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Russian Federation".

Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of July 17, 1995 N 713 (as amended on September 4, 2024) "On approval of the Rules for registration and deregistration of citizens of the Russian Federation at the place of stay and at the place of residence within the Russian Federation and the list of persons responsible for receiving and transferring to the registration authorities documents for registration and deregistration of citizens of the Russian Federation at the place of stay and at the place of residence within the Russian Federation"

II. Registration of citizens at the place of stay
Clause 14. Registration of a citizen at the place of stay in a hotel, sanatorium, holiday home, boarding house, campsite, medical organization, tourist base or other similar institution, institution of the penal system executing punishments in the form of imprisonment or forced labor, is carried out upon the arrival of such citizen by the administration of the relevant institution on the basis of identity documents or information about the identity document obtained from the federal state information system "Unified system of identification and authentication in the infrastructure ensuring information technology interaction of information systems used to provide state and municipal services in electronic form", after identification and (or) authentication of the citizen using a unified biometric system. (as amended by RF Government Resolution No. 341 of 20.03.2024)
(see previous version of text)
The administrations of the specified institutions, with the exception of penal institutions that execute sentences in the form of imprisonment or forced labor, shall, free of charge, within 24 hours, submit to the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation directly or send it using the means of communication that are part of the telecommunications network or using information and telecommunications networks, as well as the infrastructure that ensures the information technology interaction of information systems used to provide state and municipal services in electronic form, information on the registration of citizens at the place of stay in the manner established by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
(as amended by RF Government Resolutions No. 809 of 15.08.2014, No. 194 of 05.03.2015, No. 631 of 25.05.2017).
Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation of 15.01.2007 N 9 (as amended on 25.04.2024) "On the procedure for implementing migration registration of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Russian Federation"

Clause 20. Foreign citizens temporarily staying in the Russian Federation, as well as permanently or temporarily residing in the Russian Federation, when in a place of stay that is not their place of residence, are subject to registration at the place of stay, with the exception of cases provided for in Part 6 of Article 20 of the Federal Law.
Notification of the arrival of a foreign citizen at the place of stay is submitted to the territorial body of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation within 7 working days from the date of his arrival at the place of stay or from the date of receipt of a temporary identity card of a stateless person in the Russian Federation, with the exception of cases provided for in paragraphs 1 - 4 of Part 3, Parts 4.1, 4.2 of Article 20 of the Federal Law.
(as amended by RF Government Resolution of 26.05.2021 N 787)
(see text in previous version)
(clause 20 as amended by RF Government Resolution No. 2038 of 07.12.2020)
(see text in previous version)

6. The following persons are not subject to registration at the place of stay:
1) heads of foreign states, heads of government of foreign states, members of parliamentary and government delegations of foreign states, heads of international organizations who entered the Russian Federation at the invitation of a federal government body or a government body of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, as well as members of their families traveling with the said persons;
2) foreign citizens - sailors who are members of the crews of military ships that arrived in the Russian Federation on an official or unofficial visit or on a business call, or members of the crews of military aircraft of foreign states (except in cases of forced or other stopover of the said foreign citizens on the territory of the Russian Federation for a period of more than three days outside the main composition of their crews);
3) foreign citizens - seafarers who are members of the crews of non-military vessels of foreign states, in the event of going ashore and temporarily staying for no more than twenty-four hours on the territory of a port of the Russian Federation open for entry by non-military vessels of foreign states, or a port city of the Russian Federation, or in the event of the departure of the said foreign citizens on excursions to populated areas for a period of no more than twenty-four hours;
4) foreign citizens - members of the crews of civil aviation aircraft, train crews and crews or brigades of other transport vehicles participating in international traffic, when the said foreign citizens are on the territory of the Russian Federation at airports or stations provided for by the schedules (timetables) of these transport vehicles;
5) other foreign citizens who have arrived in the Russian Federation for a period of no more than seven days, except for cases where the said foreign citizens are staying in a hotel or other organization providing hotel services, a sanatorium, holiday home, boarding house, campsite, tourist base, children's health camp, medical organization providing medical care in inpatient settings, or a social services organization.
(as amended by Federal Laws of 20.03.2011 N 42-FZ, of 25.11.2013 N 317-FZ, of 28.11.2015 N 358-FZ)
(see text in previous version)

Clause 23. In the notification of arrival, the host party or the foreign citizen must indicate the following information:
a) about the person subject to registration:
last name, first name, patronymic;
citizenship (nationality);
date and place of birth;
gender;
type and details (series, number, date of issue, validity period) of the identity document of the foreign citizen;
type and details of the document confirming the right to stay (reside) in the Russian Federation;
purpose of entry;
profession;
date of entry into the Russian Federation;
series and number of the migration card (except in cases where a foreign citizen is exempted from the obligation to fill out a migration card in accordance with an international treaty of the Russian Federation, as well as in the case of a stateless person receiving a temporary identity card of a stateless person in the Russian Federation);
(as amended by RF Government Resolutions of 07.12.2020 N 2038, of 26.05.2021 N 787)
(see text in previous version)
declared periods of stay;
address of place of stay;
address of the previous place of stay in the Russian Federation (in case of arrival at a new place of stay);
(paragraph introduced by RF Government Resolution of 04.08.2011 N 654)
contact telephone number;
(paragraph introduced by RF Government Resolution of 21.10.2023 N 1756)