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

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 eye of the Russian authorities after staging a protest in opposition to the Russian president inside Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral in 2012.

Despite being sentenced to 2 years in prison for his or her activism, the group continued to speak out towards the Kremlin leader, with Ms Alyokhina remaining decided to battle Mr Putin's system.

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After being launched from jail, she continued her activism and arrange a information outlet centered 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 stop those within the country 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 cellphone behind as a decoy.

She was then able to cross into Lithuania after searching for the help of an artist from Iceland, who secured her travel paperwork.

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

"I nonetheless do not perceive utterly what I've completed."

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

"Even earlier than, there have been questions on how it's united, by what values it is united, and the place it's going. But now I do not 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 happening in Russia.