Rustam Minnikhanov and Ilsur Metshin received a fan-id

(KZN.RU, May 8, Ksenia Shvetsova). Today, Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of the RT, and Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, received a fan-id in the issuance center on the Kremlin embankment. They passed the standard procedure for football fans and received a document necessary for access to the Kazan Arena during the FIFA World Cup-2018 matches.

The fan-id is a personalized map of the spectator of the match, which gives an opportunity for unimpeded access to the stadium during the World Cup matches and allows foreigners to visit Russia during the championship without a visa. In addition, the fan-id provides an opportunity for free travel on public transport during match days and free movement on trains between cities hosting the World Cup.

The fan-id issuance center has been operating in Kazan since December 7. There are two such centers in the capital of Tatarstan: in the GTRK “Rodina” on Bauman Street, №44/8, and at the Kremlin embankment, №9. From June, an additional center will be opened on Chetaev Street, №10. A record number of guests and fans from all over the world is expected to come in Kazan. Consequently, tents will be opened at the stadium “Kazan Arena” two weeks before the start of the World Cup, where the fans can also get a fan-id.

Roksana Galieva, the regional head of the issuance center of a fan-id in Kazan, said that in order to obtain a fan-id, it is necessary to pass a preliminary registration. “You need to take the passport of a citizen with you or a child's birth certificate for children under 14 years old”, explained R. Galieva. “If a person comes to the primary registration, it is also necessary to have a ticket with him. The document is issued if there is a passport and the application number, which will be assigned after registration in our system”. Viewers can go through the initial registration on the website https://www.fan-id.ru/, and come for the document already with the application number.

After receiving the fan-id, Rustam Minnikhanov and Ilsur Metshin walked along the embankment and talked with the residents of the city. Asgat Safarov, the head of the Presidential Administration of the RT, Vladimir Leonov, the minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Roman Shaikhutdinov, the minister of Informatization and Communication, and others have inspected the issuing process of fan-id together with them.

The World Cup will be held from June 14 to July 15. Kazan will host six matches of the group stage, 1/8 and 1/4 of the finals.