Pussy Riot Maria Alyogina disguises herself as a delivery woman to leave her country

“It sounds like a spy novel.” Artist Maria Alyogina, a longtime member of the popular Russian opposition group Pussy Riot, was able to flee her country in April under the guise of a food delivery woman. 33-year-old activist He describes his expulsion in an article published on Tuesday, May 10th New York Times (In English).

The activist has been serving his sentence continuously since 2012 He was jailed for playing “Punk Prayer” In the main church of Moscow. Within a year, she was staying Six times in prison, 15 days each. On September 10, 2021, a Moscow court sentenced her rival Alexei Navalny to one year in prison for violating anti-Govt rules by calling for a demonstration.

Party without phone or passport

In April, Russian authorities announced that his effective house arrest sentence would be transferred to the colony for 21 days. Then Maria Alyogina decided to leave her country. She disguised herself as a delivery girl to escape from the Moscow police, who were monitoring her friend’s apartment. “Leaving his cell phone as a scam and avoiding being tracked”Specifies New York Times.

And then the U.S.Another friend took her to the Belarusian border, which took a week to cross into Lithuania. Maria Alyogina He agreed to answer questions from an American newspaper in a studio where he had taken refuge in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania.

“It sounds like a spy novel.” Maria Alyogina, leader of the Pussy Riot Band, decided that after more than a decade of activity – at least temporarily – it was time to leave Russia. Police. https://t.co/FCT7dNyhf0 pic.twitter.com/cAJdzyjfEj

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“By the time she arrived at the Belarusian border with Lithuania, she had a Lithuanian visa, which she tried to use with her Russian national identity card because Russia had confiscated her passport. At the time, she was being held in Russia’s ‘wanted’ place. List.”, Say it New York Times.

During the first attempt, Maria Alyogina was detained for six hours by Belarusian border guards. On her second attempt, an officer fired her. She won the third attempt. Friends were able to help her by providing her with documents that would allow her to enter Lithuania, which she considers. “Magical”. “I’m glad it did, because it’s an unpredictable disappointment for the Russian authorities.”She said New York Times.