In 2012, Pussy Riot came to the attention of Russian authorities after staging a protest inside a Moscow cathedral. Maria Alyokhina was arrested but she has continued to oppose the Russian president.
Highlights
- Maria Alyokhina was arrested in 2012 after staging a protest in a Moscow cathedral.
- The 33-year-old was sentenced to two years in prison for her activism.
- She has continued to speak out against the Russian president after she was placed under house arrest.
- But she managed to evade the Moscow police by disguising herself as a food courier.
- She was then able to cross into Lithuania after seeking the help of an artist from Iceland, who secured her travel documents.
- She said: “I don’t think Russia has a right to exist anymore.