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 country disguised as a food 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 two years in prison for their activism, the group continued to speak out towards the Kremlin chief, with Ms Alyokhina remaining decided to battle Mr Putin's system.

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

In April, Russian authorities positioned her below home arrest as they tried to cease 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.

Nonetheless, 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 capable of cross into Lithuania after in search of the help of an artist from Iceland, who secured her travel paperwork.

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

"I nonetheless don't understand fully what I've finished."

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Ms Alyokhina added: "I do not assume 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 do not suppose that may be a query anymore."

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