ARTEST is an Erasmus+ project that aims at rethinking education in humanities in Russia and Mongolia in line with European standards, research and practices to catch up with the latest trends of the labour market. It is designed to reinforce education in humanities by adopting digital methods of research and education. The project started in 2021 and is still ongoing. In this paper we present the goals of the project and the outline of its work-plan. In addition to discussing what has already been achieved and what is planned for the immediate future, we also address two major upsetting factors (the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine) and explain how the project is responding to them.