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 in opposition to the Russian president inside Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral in 2012.

Regardless of being sentenced to 2 years in jail for their activism, the group continued to talk out towards the Kremlin leader, with Ms Alyokhina remaining decided to fight Mr Putin's system.

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

In April, Russian authorities positioned her under house arrest as they tried to cease 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 in search of 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 told The New York Instances: "I used to be joyful that I made it, because it was an unpredictable and large kiss-off to the Russian authorities.

"I still don't understand fully what I've executed."

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

"Even before, there were questions on how it is united, by what values it is united, and where it's going. But now I don't suppose that could be a query anymore."

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