A member of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot, Maria Aliokhina, claimed on Wednesday that she had left Russia, after tricking police by disguising herself as a meal delivery girl.
The activist has thus joined thousands of Russians who have left the country since Russia’s offensive in Ukraine began on February 24.
In September, Maria Aliokhina was sentenced to one year in restrictions his freedom (judicial control, curfew at night, ban on departure from Moscow) for the call for a demonstration against the arrest of the main Russian opponent Alexeï Navalny.
At the end of April, Russian justice strengthened these measures by commuting them to prison sentences, during a hearing at which Ms. did not appear. Aliokhina.
In an interview with New York TimesMaria Aliokhina, 33, said Wednesday she was able to leave Moscow, disguised as a meal delivery girl, and left her mobile phone to prevent police from tracing her.
He then crossed the border into neighboring Belarus and a week later was able to cross into Lithuania, after several attempts, according to the interview.
I’m glad I got there, because it was a big and unexpected “goodbye kiss” for the Russian authorities.she quipped to the New York Times.
Her partner Lioussia Chteïn, also a member of Pussy Riot, posted on Twitter a photo of Maria Aliokhina in the green uniform of the delivery men of the Delivery Club company, a bag for delivering food on her back.
Mrs Aliokhina did not flee to Russia, he went on tour which will begin with a concert on May 12 in Berlin, to raise money for Ukraine, Ms. Chteïn on Twitter.
Also sentenced to freedom restrictions in connection with protest demonstrations against the arrest of Alexeï Navalny, Lioussia Chteïn left Russia in April.
A longtime member of the Pussy Riot group, Maria Aliokhina has already served a two -year prison sentence for playing a punk prayer in Russia’s main church – Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow – in 2012.
Source: Radio-Canada
