A member of dissident punk group Pussy Riot escaped Russia while disguised as a food delivery worker – a daring journey to “make a statement” against the invasion of Ukraine, she said.Maria Alyokhina — who spent nearly two years in prison along with bandmate Nadezhda Tolokonnikova after their 2012 arrest for criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin at Moscow’s main cathedral – said Wednesday she decided she had enough while staying at a girlfriend’s apartment in Moscow.Alyokhina, better known as “Masha,” recalled her escape from Russia to Lithuania during an interview with CNN, saying she had been arrested six times since last summer for her public rebukes of Putin and spent 15 days in jail each time.
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