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 came to the attention of the Russian authorities after staging a protest against 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 towards the Kremlin chief, with Ms Alyokhina remaining decided to battle Mr Putin's system.

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After being launched 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 cease these in the country who opposed their invasion of Ukraine.

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

Nevertheless, the band leader managed to evade the Moscow police by disguising herself as a food courier and leaving her telephone behind as a decoy.

She was then capable of cross into Lithuania after seeking 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 informed The New York Occasions: "I was completely happy that I made it, because it was an unpredictable and large kiss-off to the Russian authorities.

"I nonetheless do not perceive completely what I've completed."

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

"Even earlier than, there were questions about 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 question anymore."

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