As an act to raise awareness for Ukraine, Pussy Riot’s leader Maria Alyokhina has reportedly left Russia for good. The musician/activist became known internationally after performing an anti-Vladimir Putin song that criticized the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral 10 years ago; for which she was arrested for “hooliganism” and sentenced to two years.

Over the years she was jailed multiple times, six since last summer – all attempts to snuff out her activism. In April, as Putin announced he planned to increase punishment for criticism of his war in Ukraine and someone left a sign on her door calling her a traitor, Alyokhina decided it was time to leave Russia.

It took her three attempts to leave the country. She dressed as a food courier and left her phone as a decoy to avoid being tracked. First, she was held by Belarusian border guards for hours before being sent back. On her second try, the officer on duty just sent her away. She was finally able to leave after Icelandic performance artist Ragnar Kjartansson and a friend of Alyokhina convinced a European country to issue her a travel document that essentially gave her the same status as an E.U. citizen. The name of the said document has yet to be shared as the country’s officials who issued it asked that it be kept confidential. Alyokhina boarded a bus to Lithuania with the document in hand and left with ease.

“I don’t think Russia has a right to exist anymore,” Alyokhina said in an interview with The New York Times. “Even before, there were questions about how it is united, by what values it is united, and where it is going. But now I don’t think that is a question anymore.”

Additionally, Alyokhina told The Times she hopes to return to Russia, but currently, she’s in Iceland, where she’s organizing pro-Ukraine events with appearances from Icelandic artists including Björk.