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 country 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 prison for their activism, the group continued to speak out towards the Kremlin leader, with Ms Alyokhina remaining decided to combat Mr Putin's system.

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After being launched from prison, she continued her activism and arrange a information outlet focused on crime and punishment in Russia, called Mediazona, with one other member of the band.

In April, Russian authorities placed her below house 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 meals courier and leaving her phone behind as a decoy.

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

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

"I nonetheless do not perceive utterly what I've finished."

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

"Even before, there have been questions about how it is united, by what values it's united, and where it is going. However now I do not assume that may be a query anymore."

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