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

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

Regardless of being sentenced to 2 years in jail for his or her activism, the group continued to speak out in opposition to the Kremlin leader, with Ms Alyokhina remaining determined to struggle Mr Putin's system.

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After being released from jail, she continued her activism and arrange a news outlet targeted on crime and punishment in Russia, referred to as Mediazona, with one other member of the band.

In April, Russian authorities placed her beneath 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.

However, 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 capable of 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 informed The New York Occasions: "I used to be blissful that I made it, as a result of it was an unpredictable and large kiss-off to the Russian authorities.

"I still do not understand fully what I've done."

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

"Even before, there have been questions on how it is united, by what values it is united, and where it's going. But now I don't suppose that is a question anymore."

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