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 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 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 talk out towards the Kremlin leader, with Ms Alyokhina remaining determined to fight Mr Putin's system.

Russian air defences struck by Bayraktar drones - stay updates on Ukraine war

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

In April, Russian authorities placed her below home arrest as they tried to cease these 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 chief 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 looking for the help of an artist from Iceland, who secured her travel documents.

Read extra:
Biden fears Putin has no exit strategy from Ukraine
Physique language knowledgeable gives assessment of Putin's behaviour

Evaluating her story to a "spy novel", Ms Alyokhina told The New York Times: "I was comfortable 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 completed."

Subscribe to Ukraine Struggle Diaries on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Spreaker

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

"Even earlier than, there have been questions about how it is united, by what values it is united, and where it is going. However now I do not think that is a question anymore."

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