Eric Hawkins, a spokesman for the Utah-based church, said Monday there had been no change in the status of the two young men, called “volunteers” in Russia to comply with laws in that country.
One volunteer has been identified by his father as Kole Brodowski, of Garden Grove, Calif. Articles from Russia, citing court records there, have identified the second volunteer as David Udo Gaag. His Facebook page says he is from Bothell, Wash., and was assigned to the mission in Rostov-na-Donu, Russia, on the northern tip of the Black Sea.
Hawkins said the men were detained the night of March 1 during a meeting at a local church.