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 attention of the Russian authorities after staging a protest against the Russian president inside Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral in 2012.

Despite being sentenced to two years in jail for his or her activism, the group continued to speak out against the Kremlin leader, with Ms Alyokhina remaining decided to fight Mr Putin's system.

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After being launched from jail, she continued her activism and set up a information outlet targeted on crime and punishment in Russia, called Mediazona, with another member of the band.

In April, Russian authorities placed her beneath house arrest as they tried to stop those 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 cellphone behind as a decoy.

She was then able to cross into Lithuania after in search of the help of an artist from Iceland, who secured her journey paperwork.

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

"I nonetheless don't understand fully what I've carried out."

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Ms Alyokhina added: "I don't assume 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 where it is going. However 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.