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 against 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 speak out in opposition to the Kremlin leader, with Ms Alyokhina remaining determined to fight 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, called Mediazona, with one other member of the band.

In April, Russian authorities positioned her under house arrest as they tried to cease these in the country 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 food courier and leaving her phone 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 journey documents.

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

"I still don't understand utterly what I've done."

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

"Even earlier than, there were questions on how it is united, by what values it is united, and where it's going. However now I don't suppose 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 going down in Russia.