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

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 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 their activism, the group continued to talk out against the Kremlin chief, with Ms Alyokhina remaining decided to combat Mr Putin's system.

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After being released from prison, she continued her activism and arrange 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 stop 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 food courier and leaving her cellphone behind as a decoy.

She was then capable of cross into Lithuania after looking for the assistance of an artist from Iceland, who secured her journey paperwork.

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Comparing her story to a "spy novel", Ms Alyokhina instructed The New York Occasions: "I used to be completely satisfied that I made it, as a result of it was an unpredictable and big kiss-off to the Russian authorities.

"I nonetheless do not perceive completely what I've performed."

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Ms Alyokhina added: "I do not assume 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 where it is going. But now I don't assume 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.