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 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 in opposition to 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 talk out towards the Kremlin leader, with Ms Alyokhina remaining determined to combat Mr Putin's system.

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After being launched from jail, she continued her activism and arrange a information outlet focused on crime and punishment in Russia, referred to as Mediazona, with another member of the band.

In April, Russian authorities positioned her under home arrest as they tried to cease those within 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 phone behind as a decoy.

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

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

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

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

"Even before, there have been questions about how it is united, by what values it is united, and the place it's going. But now I do not assume that may be 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.