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

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

Maria Alyokhina and her fellow band members first came 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 2 years in jail for their activism, the group continued to talk out in opposition to the Kremlin chief, with Ms Alyokhina remaining decided to combat Mr Putin's system.

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After being launched from prison, she continued her activism and arrange a information outlet centered on crime and punishment in Russia, called Mediazona, with another member of the band.

In April, Russian authorities positioned her beneath house arrest as they tried to cease these in 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 telephone behind as a decoy.

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

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Evaluating her story to a "spy novel", Ms Alyokhina advised The New York Instances: "I was comfortable that I made it, as a result of it was an unpredictable and big kiss-off to the Russian authorities.

"I still don't perceive fully what I've achieved."

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Ms Alyokhina added: "I do not assume Russia has a proper to exist anymore.

"Even before, there have been questions about how it is united, by what values it's united, and where it is going. But now I don't assume 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 going down in Russia.