BRAZIL - Denis Kopanev, 33, Brit/Russian from London, vanished from AirBnb in Gávea in Rio de Janeiro, 9 Jun 2025

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A British tourist has vanished from his Airbnb while on holiday. Denis Kopanev was last seen leaving his accommodation on Monday, June 9. CCTV cameras filmed him leaving the property wearing beige jacket and trousers, a dark baseball cap, and a white shirt.

Kopanev, who has Russian heritage and British citizenship, was staying at a condominium in the neighbourhood of Gávea in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Friends and family members have not heard from him since Monday.

Kopanev, a financial analyst in London, was supposed to travel to São Paulo the following day to meet an American friend. They were then going to travel together to Fernando de Noronha, a volcanic archipelago about 215 miles off Brazil's north-eastern coast.

UK tourist missing after passport and belongings left in room

Friends and family have not heard from Denis since Monday

www.bristolpost.co.uk

 

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British tourist missing in Brazil after vanishing from Airbnb

A British tourist has disappeared from his Airbnb accommodation in Brazil, leaving behind his belongings and passport.

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Brit tourist goes missing after leaving Airbnb as friend spots worrying sign

While on holiday in Brazil, Denis Kopanev walked out of the Airbnb he was staying in and disappeared without a trace, with his family and friends desperately waiting to hear from him

www.mirror.co.uk

 

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His location on his phone after he left the Airbnb was last at Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, near his accommodation, as per the Mirror article. It’s annoying though that the articles don’t seem to give times. Walking out his door and going to a lagoon at 10am is different maybe than at 1am.

 

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A British tourist, reported missing in Rio de Janeiro, has been described as a kind and fun person, as his friends say they worry he’s been kidnapped.

Denis Kopanev, 33, from London, was due to meet his friend Diego Garcia Blum in São Paulo on Tuesday but vanished from his Airbnb accommodation the night before.

CCTV captured him leaving the apartment in the neighbourhood of Gávea at around 8pm, leaving behind his belongings and passport.

“There’s something very odd about it,” Mr Garcia Blum, 36, from Boston, told LBC.

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He said: “On Sunday night when he called me, he had just checked into the Airbnb and he was super excited about it.

“He was showing me around the place, giving me a tour of it. He sent me videos of these monkeys going up to him and grabbing his food. You know, he was totally himself until he disappeared.”

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He’d planned to meet up with Mr Garcia Blum for them to add a few days on their trip together and had arrived two days earlier than him.

“When I got there and he wasn’t replying, I thought at first his phone must have been stolen,” Mr Garcia Blum told LBC.

“He's not someone who just wouldn't respond. But then I started to get really worried, and I contacted his best friend who saw his phone stopped pinging on Monday.

“At that point, it had already been over 24 hours.

“The Airbnb landlord agreed that it's very strange. We have him on camera leaving on Monday night and he doesn't come back.

“Not only that, everything was still there. His computer, his passports, everything. So clearly something went wrong.”

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“There’s something very off about it. I mean, he could have been kidnapped and they're trying to drain all his accounts. I don't know.

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‘There’s something very odd about it’: Friends of British tourist missing in Brazil say he was ‘in good spirits’ as they fear he’s been kidnapped

A British tourist, reported missing in Rio de Janeiro, has been described as a kind and fun person, as his friends say they worry he’s been kidnapped.

www.lbc.co.uk