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 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.

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

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After being released from prison, she continued her activism and arrange a information outlet centered on crime and punishment in Russia, known as Mediazona, with one other member of the band.

In April, Russian authorities positioned her beneath home arrest as they tried to cease these within the country 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 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 paperwork.

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

"I nonetheless don't perceive utterly what I've finished."

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

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

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