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 got here 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 2 years in prison for his or her activism, the group continued to talk out in opposition to the Kremlin chief, with Ms Alyokhina remaining determined to fight Mr Putin's system.

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After being released from prison, she continued her activism and arrange a news outlet focused on crime and punishment in Russia, called Mediazona, with another member of the band.

In April, Russian authorities positioned her below home 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.

However, the band leader managed to evade the Moscow police by disguising herself as a food 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 paperwork.

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Comparing her story to a "spy novel", Ms Alyokhina advised The New York Instances: "I was completely happy that I made it, as a result of it was an unpredictable and massive kiss-off to the Russian authorities.

"I nonetheless do not understand utterly what I've performed."

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

"Even earlier than, there have been questions on how it's united, by what values it is united, and the place it's going. But now I do not assume 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 happening in Russia.