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 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 towards the Russian president inside Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral in 2012.

Despite being sentenced to two years in prison for his or her activism, the group continued to talk out against the Kremlin leader, with Ms Alyokhina remaining determined to struggle Mr Putin's system.

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

In April, Russian authorities placed her under 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.

Nonetheless, the band leader 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 help of an artist from Iceland, who secured her travel documents.

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

"I still don't perceive completely what I've achieved."

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Ms Alyokhina added: "I don't think Russia has a proper to exist anymore.

"Even before, there were questions about how it's united, by what values it is united, and the place it's going. But now I don't assume that may be a question anymore."

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