Pussy Riot band member Maria Alyokhina escapes Russia dressed as food courier after criticising Putin | World Information

Political activist and member of the Russian band Pussy Riot has reportedly fled the nation disguised as a food courier after criticising Vladimir Putin.

Maria Alyokhina and her fellow band members first got here to the eye of the Russian authorities after staging a protest against the Russian president inside Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral in 2012.

Regardless of being sentenced to 2 years in jail for his or her activism, the group continued to talk out towards the Kremlin chief, with Ms Alyokhina remaining decided to fight Mr Putin's system.

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After being released from jail, she continued her activism and set up a information outlet centered on crime and punishment in Russia, referred to as Mediazona, with another member of the band.

In April, Russian authorities placed her below house arrest as they tried to stop these within the nation who opposed their invasion of Ukraine.

The 33-year-old was then ordered to spend 21 days in a penal colony.

Nevertheless, the band leader managed to evade the Moscow police by disguising herself as a meals courier and leaving her phone behind as a decoy.

She was then in a position to cross into Lithuania after seeking the assistance of an artist from Iceland, who secured her journey documents.

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Comparing her story to a "spy novel", Ms Alyokhina advised The New York Occasions: "I was happy that I made it, because it was an unpredictable and big kiss-off to the Russian authorities.

"I nonetheless do not perceive utterly what I've done."

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Ms Alyokhina added: "I do not think Russia has a right to exist anymore.

"Even before, there were questions on how it is united, by what values it's united, and where it's going. But now I do not assume that may be a query anymore."

In 2019, fellow bandmate Nadya Tolokonikova spoke to Sky Information about her time in a prison camp and protests happening in Russia.