"Selfie against the backdrop of sanctions" is a satirical novel by the modern Russian writer Anna Peycheva.
A young TV journalist, Alekса, makes a report about the ban on imported cosmetics in St. Petersburg—and she loses her job herself because of a tweet about a French moisturizing cream. Aleksa moves to a dacha, begins an anti-crisis renovation of the old house with her own hands. She is helped by a sympathetic colleague, Vasily, whom she slowly—without noticing it—falls in love with. Funny videos about the progress of the renovation rocket to the top of YouTube, and new career prospects open up before the girl…