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 country disguised as a meals courier after criticising Vladimir Putin.

Maria Alyokhina and her fellow band members first came 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 two years in jail for his or her activism, the group continued to talk out against the Kremlin leader, with Ms Alyokhina remaining decided to battle Mr Putin's system.

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After being released from prison, she continued her activism and arrange a news outlet centered 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 food courier and leaving her cellphone 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 travel paperwork.

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

"I still don't understand utterly what I've done."

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Ms Alyokhina added: "I do not suppose Russia has a right to exist anymore.

"Even earlier than, there were questions about how it's united, by what values it's united, and the place it's going. But now I do not assume that may be a question anymore."

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