Maria Aliokhina thus joins her companion and the thousands of Russians who have left the country since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine. A member of the protest punk group, she faced a prison sentence after demonstrating with the opponent Navalny.
In an interview at New York TimesMaria Aliokhina, 33, said on Wednesday that she had managed to leave Moscow, disguised as a meal delivery girl, and leaving her mobile phone to prevent the police from tracking her.
She 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 was glad I got there, because it’s a big, unpredictable kiss goodbye to the Russian authorities. “, she quipped.
Last September, Maria Aliokhina was sentenced to one year of ” restrictions to his freedom (judicial control, night curfew, ban on leaving Moscow) for having called for a demonstration against the arrest of the main Russian opponent Alexeï Navalny. At the end of April, the Russian justice toughened these measures by replacing them with a prison sentence, during a hearing at which Ms. Aliokhina did not appear.
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His companion Lioussia Chteïn, also a member of Pussy Riot, posted on Twitter a photo of Maria Aliokhina in the green uniform of the Delivery Club delivery men, a bag for delivering meals on her back.
легкий способ пройти мимо ментов у твоего подъезда pic.twitter.com/45xentHNNT
— штейн (@lcshtn) May 10, 2022
Maria Alyokhina ” did not flee Russia, she went on tour which will begin with a concert on May 12 in Berlin, to raise money for Ukraine, noted Ms. Chteïn on Twitter.
Also sentenced to restrictions on freedom in connection with the protest demonstrations against the arrest of Alexeï Navalny, Lioussia Chteïn left Russia in April.
A long-time member of the group Pussy Riot, Maria Aliokhina has already served a two-year prison sentence for having played a “ punk prayer in Russia’s main church, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, in 2012.