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 attention of the Russian authorities after staging a protest against the Russian president inside Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral in 2012.

Regardless of being sentenced to 2 years in jail for their activism, the group continued to talk out towards the Kremlin chief, with Ms Alyokhina remaining decided to battle Mr Putin's system.

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After being released 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 positioned her beneath house arrest as they tried to cease those within the nation who opposed their invasion of Ukraine.

The 33-year-old was then ordered to spend 21 days in a penal colony.

Nonetheless, the band chief managed to evade the Moscow police by disguising herself as a meals courier and leaving her telephone 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 travel paperwork.

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

"I still do not perceive completely what I've accomplished."

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

"Even before, there were questions about how it's united, by what values it is united, and where it's going. But now I do not think that could be a query anymore."

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