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 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.

Despite being sentenced to 2 years in jail for their activism, the group continued to talk out in opposition to the Kremlin leader, with Ms Alyokhina remaining determined to struggle Mr Putin's system.

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After being released from prison, she continued her activism and arrange a news outlet focused on crime and punishment in Russia, referred to as Mediazona, with another member of the band.

In April, Russian authorities positioned her below house arrest as they tried to cease 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.

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

She was then capable of cross into Lithuania after in search of the assistance of an artist from Iceland, who secured her travel paperwork.

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

"I still 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 were questions on how it's united, by what values it is united, and the place it is going. But now I do not assume that may be a query anymore."

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