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

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

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

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

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After being released from jail, she continued her activism and arrange a news outlet targeted on crime and punishment in Russia, referred to as Mediazona, with one other member of the band.

In April, Russian authorities positioned her below home arrest as they tried to stop those within the nation who opposed their invasion of Ukraine.

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

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

She was then capable of cross into Lithuania after seeking the assistance of an artist from Iceland, who secured her travel paperwork.

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

"I still don't perceive completely what I've finished."

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

"Even before, there were questions about how it's united, by what values it is united, and the place it's going. However now I do not assume that is a query anymore."

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