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

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 eye of the Russian authorities after staging a protest in opposition to 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 talk out in opposition to the Kremlin chief, with Ms Alyokhina remaining determined to battle Mr Putin's system.

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

In April, Russian authorities positioned her under house arrest as they tried to stop those in the country who opposed their invasion of Ukraine.

The 33-year-old was then ordered to spend 21 days in a penal colony.

Nonetheless, the band chief managed to evade the Moscow police by disguising herself as a meals courier and leaving her telephone behind as a decoy.

She was then in a position to cross into Lithuania after in search of the help of an artist from Iceland, who secured her travel paperwork.

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Comparing her story to a "spy novel", Ms Alyokhina instructed The New York Occasions: "I was joyful that I made it, because it was an unpredictable and large kiss-off to the Russian authorities.

"I nonetheless do not perceive fully what I've carried out."

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

"Even before, there have been questions on how it is united, by what values it's united, and the place it is going. However now I do not assume that could 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.