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 country disguised as a meals 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 in opposition to the Russian president inside Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral in 2012.

Regardless of 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 determined to battle Mr Putin's system.

Russian air defences struck by Bayraktar drones - dwell updates on Ukraine struggle

After being launched from prison, she continued her activism and set up a news outlet focused on crime and punishment in Russia, known as Mediazona, with another member of the band.

In April, Russian authorities placed her underneath house arrest as they tried to stop 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 in a position to cross into Lithuania after in search of the assistance of an artist from Iceland, who secured her journey paperwork.

Learn more:
Biden fears Putin has no exit technique from Ukraine
Body language expert gives evaluation of Putin's behaviour

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

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

Subscribe to Ukraine War Diaries on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Spreaker

Ms Alyokhina added: "I do not suppose Russia has a right to exist anymore.

"Even earlier than, there were questions on how it is united, by what values it is united, and where it's going. However now I do not assume that is a question anymore."

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