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

Despite being sentenced to 2 years in jail for his or her activism, the group continued to speak out against the Kremlin chief, with Ms Alyokhina remaining decided to battle Mr Putin's system.

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After being released from jail, she continued her activism and set up a news outlet targeted on crime and punishment in Russia, called Mediazona, with another member of the band.

In April, Russian authorities placed 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.

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 able to cross into Lithuania after looking for the assistance of an artist from Iceland, who secured her journey documents.

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Comparing her story to a "spy novel", Ms Alyokhina advised The New York Instances: "I was glad that I made it, as a result of it was an unpredictable and big kiss-off to the Russian authorities.

"I nonetheless don't understand completely 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's united, by what values it's united, and where it is going. However now I do not think that could be a query anymore."

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