Pussy Riot band member Maria Alyokhina escapes Russia dressed as food courier after criticising Putin | World News

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 came to the eye 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 his or her activism, the group continued to talk out towards the Kremlin leader, with Ms Alyokhina remaining decided to combat Mr Putin's system.

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

In April, Russian authorities positioned her under home arrest as they tried to stop those within the country 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 food courier and leaving her telephone 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 advised The New York Instances: "I used to be blissful that I made it, as a result of it was an unpredictable and big kiss-off to the Russian authorities.

"I nonetheless don't perceive utterly what I've carried out."

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

"Even before, there have been questions about how it is united, by what values it is united, and the place it is going. However now I do not 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 taking place in Russia.