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 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 against 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 in opposition to the Kremlin leader, with Ms Alyokhina remaining decided to fight Mr Putin's system.

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

In April, Russian authorities placed her underneath home 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 food courier and leaving her telephone behind as a decoy.

She was then capable of cross into Lithuania after looking for the assistance of an artist from Iceland, who secured her journey paperwork.

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Comparing her story to a "spy novel", Ms Alyokhina told The New York Instances: "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 nonetheless don't understand completely what I've finished."

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Ms Alyokhina added: "I don't assume 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 the place it's going. But now I don't assume that may be a question anymore."

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