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 country 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 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 their activism, the group continued to speak out against the Kremlin leader, with Ms Alyokhina remaining decided to combat Mr Putin's system.

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

In April, Russian authorities placed her beneath 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 leader managed to evade the Moscow police by disguising herself as a meals courier and leaving her phone behind as a decoy.

She was then capable of cross into Lithuania after seeking 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 advised The New York Instances: "I used to be pleased that I made it, as a result of it was an unpredictable and large kiss-off to the Russian authorities.

"I still don't understand completely what I've performed."

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

"Even before, there have been questions on how it is united, by what values it is united, and the place it's going. But now I don't suppose 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.