Pussy Riot band member Maria Alyokhina escapes Russia dressed as meals 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 2 years in prison for their activism, the group continued to speak out towards the Kremlin leader, with Ms Alyokhina remaining determined to combat Mr Putin's system.

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

In April, Russian authorities positioned her below house arrest as they tried to cease those in 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 chief managed to evade the Moscow police by disguising herself as a food courier and leaving her telephone behind as a decoy.

She was then able to cross into Lithuania after in search of the help of an artist from Iceland, who secured her journey paperwork.

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Comparing her story to a "spy novel", Ms Alyokhina informed The New York Times: "I used to be completely happy that I made it, because it was an unpredictable and big kiss-off to the Russian authorities.

"I still do not understand utterly what I've accomplished."

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

"Even before, there were questions on how it is united, by what values it's united, and the place it's going. However now I do not think that may be a query anymore."

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