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 nation disguised as a meals 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 against the Russian president inside Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral in 2012.

Despite being sentenced to 2 years in jail for their activism, the group continued to talk out towards the Kremlin leader, with Ms Alyokhina remaining determined to combat Mr Putin's system.

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

In April, Russian authorities placed her beneath house arrest as they tried to cease these in 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 meals courier and leaving her phone behind as a decoy.

She was then able to cross into Lithuania after seeking the assistance 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 Instances: "I was pleased that I made it, because it was an unpredictable and large kiss-off to the Russian authorities.

"I still do not perceive utterly what I've executed."

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

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