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 country disguised as a meals 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.

Regardless of being sentenced to 2 years in prison for their activism, the group continued to speak out against the Kremlin chief, with Ms Alyokhina remaining decided to combat Mr Putin's system.

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

In April, Russian authorities placed her under home 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 meals 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 documents.

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Evaluating her story to a "spy novel", Ms Alyokhina informed The New York Times: "I was glad that I made it, because it was an unpredictable and big kiss-off to the Russian authorities.

"I nonetheless don't understand completely what I've achieved."

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

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

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