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 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 in opposition to the Russian president inside Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral in 2012.

Regardless of being sentenced to two years in jail for their activism, the group continued to talk out towards the Kremlin chief, with Ms Alyokhina remaining determined to battle Mr Putin's system.

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After being released from prison, she continued her activism and set up a information outlet targeted on crime and punishment in Russia, known as Mediazona, with one other member of the band.

In April, Russian authorities placed her below house arrest as they tried to cease those in the nation who opposed their invasion of Ukraine.

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

Nonetheless, the band chief managed to evade the Moscow police by disguising herself as a meals courier and leaving her telephone behind as a decoy.

She was then in a position to cross into Lithuania after in search of 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 instructed The New York Occasions: "I used to be comfortable that I made it, because it was an unpredictable and big kiss-off to the Russian authorities.

"I still do not perceive completely what I've accomplished."

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Ms Alyokhina added: "I don't suppose Russia has a right to exist anymore.

"Even before, there have been questions about how it is united, by what values it's united, and where it's going. But now I don't suppose that could be a question anymore."

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