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 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 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 against the Kremlin chief, with Ms Alyokhina remaining determined to combat 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, called Mediazona, with another member of the band.

In April, Russian authorities positioned her underneath house arrest as they tried to cease these within 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 telephone behind as a decoy.

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

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

"I still do not perceive utterly what I've executed."

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

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

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