Bryukhanova is a former municipal deputy and ex-head of the commission for improvement and housing and communal services under the municipal council of the Shchukino district of Moscow,[1][2] coordinator of the network of local branches of the non-profit foundation "City Projects",[3][4] and author of the Obyektiv YouTube channel.

Bryukhanova is an employee of the "City Projects" foundation and heads the development of a federal network of branches.

In September 2019, she escalated the appeal to the Constitutional Court of Russia which sided by her on March 24, 2020, but it did not affect the results of the elections to the Moscow City Duma.

Since April 26, 2022, the channel has regularly published videos with analytics of events, mainly related to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

198 (covering the districts of the Northern Administrative Okrug, except Voykovsky, Golovinsky, Levoberezhny, Molzhaninovsky and Khovrino),[1][21] with the support of the City Projects Foundation,[22][23] the former Prime Minister of Russia, leader of the PARNAS party Mikhail Kasyanov,[24] and Smart Voting".

[27][28] By August 2021, she had collected all the signatures,[29][30] submitted them to the election commission[31] and was registered as a candidate for deputy of the State Duma a few days later.

[34] According to the Russian Field sociological center, as of September 13, 2021, Anastasia Bryukhanova was the most recognizable candidate for deputy in her constituency.