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 nation disguised as a meals courier after criticising Vladimir Putin.

Maria Alyokhina and her fellow band members first came 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 prison for their activism, the group continued to talk out in opposition to the Kremlin chief, with Ms Alyokhina remaining determined to struggle Mr Putin's system.

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

In April, Russian authorities placed her below home arrest as they tried to cease 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.

Nonetheless, 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 able to cross into Lithuania after searching for 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 Instances: "I used to be completely happy that I made it, because it was an unpredictable and big kiss-off to the Russian authorities.

"I nonetheless don't perceive fully what I've finished."

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

"Even earlier than, there were questions about how it's united, by what values it's united, and where it's going. But now I do not assume that could be a question anymore."

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