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

Political activist and member of the Russian band Pussy Riot has reportedly fled the nation 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 two years in jail for their activism, the group continued to talk out in opposition to the Kremlin leader, with Ms Alyokhina remaining determined to battle Mr Putin's system.

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After being released from prison, she continued her activism and arrange a news outlet centered on crime and punishment in Russia, referred to as Mediazona, with another member of the band.

In April, Russian authorities placed her beneath house arrest as they tried to stop those in the country 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 telephone behind as a decoy.

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

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Evaluating her story to a "spy novel", Ms Alyokhina instructed The New York Instances: "I was blissful that I made it, as a result of it was an unpredictable and large kiss-off to the Russian authorities.

"I nonetheless do not perceive fully what I've achieved."

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

"Even before, there were questions on how it's united, by what values it is united, and the place it is going. But now I don't assume 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 taking place in Russia.