Both she and her friend have fled the country after ten years of activism.
Maria Alyokhina, leader of Pussy Riot, has managed to flee Russia and reach Lithuania dressed as a delivery boy. He had been on the Kremlin’s wanted list since April. The member of the punk group known for its activism against Putin had been convicted of failing to comply with restrictions imposed on the coronavirus for participating in a protest calling for the release of opponent Alexei Nayalny and for violating his law. house arrest. Now “The New York Times” tells his escape story as if it were a novel.
The young woman disguised herself as a delivery boy to evade the Moscow police who were monitoring a friend’s house where she was staying. There she left her cell phone to avoid being tracked and a friend took her to the border with Belarus. A week after his departure he managed to reach Lithuania. A journey he made with his girlfriend Lucy, also a member of the group.
“I think Russia no longer has a right to exist,” the activist told the New York Times. In addition, he has assessed the situation in his country: «From the outside it looks like a big demon, but when you look inside it, it is very disorganized. The right hand doesn’t know what the left is doing.
“I was glad I got it, because it was an amazing and unpredictable goodbye kiss for the Russian authorities,” he said of his escape, although he still doesn’t quite understand what I’ve done, he thought. In any case, he thinks he will return to Russia, although he does not yet know when or how.
Source: La Verdad
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