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 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 towards 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 speak out against the Kremlin chief, with Ms Alyokhina remaining decided to struggle Mr Putin's system.

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After being released from prison, she continued her activism and set up a information outlet targeted on crime and punishment in Russia, known as Mediazona, with another member of the band.

In April, Russian authorities positioned her beneath house 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.

Nevertheless, the band leader managed to evade the Moscow police by disguising herself as a food courier and leaving her telephone behind as a decoy.

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

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

"I still do not perceive utterly what I've carried out."

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Ms Alyokhina added: "I do not assume Russia has a proper to exist anymore.

"Even before, there were questions on how it is united, by what values it is united, and where it's going. However now I do not suppose that is a query anymore."

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