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 food 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 two years in prison for his or her activism, the group continued to talk out towards the Kremlin chief, with Ms Alyokhina remaining determined to battle Mr Putin's system.

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

In April, Russian authorities positioned her beneath home arrest as they tried to cease these in the nation who opposed their invasion of Ukraine.

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

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

She was then capable of cross into Lithuania after seeking the help of an artist from Iceland, who secured her travel documents.

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

"I still don't understand fully what I've finished."

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

"Even earlier than, there have been questions about how it's united, by what values it is united, and where it's going. However now I don't assume that could be a query anymore."

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