During her youth she hated the Russian education system and changed schools four times: They discourage people from thinking and asking questions, they only teach you to follow the rules and submit without explanation or, most importantly, reason... Obviously I didn’t like that.

[5] On August 17, 2012, Alyokhina, together with fellow Pussy Riot members Nadya Tolokonnikova and Yekaterina Samutsevich, was convicted of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred" for a performance in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and sentenced to two years' imprisonment.

[5] She has been involved in environmental activism with Greenpeace Russia, opposing development projects in the Khimki Forest, and was a volunteer at the Children's Psychiatric Hospital in Moscow.

[12] Following her release, Alyokhina and fellow Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova announced their intention to campaign for prisoner's rights in Russia.

[citation needed] In February 2014, Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova were detained by police in the Adler district of Sochi in connection with an alleged hotel theft.

[15] On January 23, 2021, Alyokhina was arrested in Moscow and detained for 48 hours for attending a protest in support of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

[17] On January 29, Fellow Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova spoke out on Alyokhina's situation, stating "She faces criminal charges and two years in jail for encouraging people to go to protests on social networks.

[24] In April 2022, Alyokhina fled Russia disguised as a delivery driver[2] after officials announced she would be sentenced to time in a penal colony instead of remaining on house arrest.

[25] After fleeing Russia, Alyokhina and the other members of Pussy Riot conducted a tour across Europe to raise money for the victims of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[27] In 2012, Alyokhina stated that she considered herself Christian, but is critical of the Russian Orthodox Church for the harsh response to Pussy Riot's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour performance.

In the show, Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova heavily criticized a fictionalized version of Vladimir Putin (the character, Russian President "Viktor Petrov", played by Lars Mikkelsen) for corruption, while dining in the White House.