Russian Rocker Escaped Country By Dressing As Caterer

Russian rocker and Pussy Riot frontwoman Maria Alyokhina just escaped Russia by dressing in a caterer disguise. She left due to Putin’s violent regime. Slated for prison in the midst of civil unrest, Maria Alyokhina disguised herself and escaped, according to The New York Times. She made it to Lithuania via the Russian-Belarusian border and the help of friends.

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Other members of the Pussy Riot had previously escaped to Lithuania as well.

Moscow police were stalking Alyokhina’s apartment, but they didn’t catch her due to her ingenious and risky caterer disguise.

The rockstar also left her cellphone behind so she could not be tracked. The phone acted as a decoy, tricking the police into thinking she was still home.

Alyokhina was supposed to spend three weeks in a penal colony after protesting against Putin’s violent war in Ukraine. She was put under house arrest, but Putin changed her sentence to take place in the penal colony.

Alyokhina has a long history of speaking out about divisive politics and fighting for human rights. These are actions that are generally unwelcome under authoritarian regimes.

Putin is known for silencing critics, poisoning them, and imprisoning them. More recently, he poisoned his primary political opposition, Alexei Navalny.

The Russian rocker has been imprisoned over half a dozen times by Putin over bogus reasons. One of her sentences was two years after she staged a protest at the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow.

Alyokhina does not know when or how she will go back to Russia. “I still don’t understand completely what I’ve done…It sounds like a spy novel.”

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