Based on the data of VCIOM’s latest study devoted to demographic trends in mono-industrial towns in modern Russia, the Cambridge experts prepared an article published in the British leading medical journal Lancet. The project has been carried out by VCIOM’s Department on International Affairs since 2012 and includes surveys among 35, 000 inhabitants living in various towns of the European part of Russia. The project manager on the Russia’s side Olga Kamenchuk (VCIOM’s Director on International and Public Affairs) highlights that at the moment the second and the third research projects on this topic are coming to a close; experts are analyzing the data and discussing future research prospects between Cambridge and VCIOM.