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Young Russians have gained a reputation on social media for taking the most extreme selfies, often involving death-defying stunts on top of skyscrapers, all for the sake of internet fame. Lucy Ash speaks to Alexander Chernikov who gained internet fame when he released a video of himself setting fire to his trousers and jumping from a nine-story building into a pile of snow. First broadcast on Crossing Continents, 23 March 2017.