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 nation disguised as a food 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 two years in jail for their activism, the group continued to speak out towards 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 set up a information outlet focused on crime and punishment in Russia, called Mediazona, with another member of the band.

In April, Russian authorities positioned her beneath house arrest as they tried to stop these within the nation who opposed their invasion of Ukraine.

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

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

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

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

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

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Ms Alyokhina added: "I do not assume Russia has a proper to exist anymore.

"Even earlier than, there were questions on how it's 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 going down in Russia.