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

Despite being sentenced to 2 years in jail for their 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 released from jail, she continued her activism and arrange a news outlet centered on crime and punishment in Russia, referred to as Mediazona, with another member of the band.

In April, Russian authorities positioned her under 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 chief managed to evade the Moscow police by disguising herself as a food 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 paperwork.

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

"I still do not understand completely 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 is united, by what values it is united, and where it is going. But now I don't assume that is a query anymore."

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