On October 26, he petitioned the Russian president Vladimir Putin and asked for intervention on his behalf. According to a second letter to Putin drafted in May 2007, Galitsin was still in custody awaiting trial. Pischasova was also once again taken into custody in March. Galitsin and his wife were released from prison in early 2009, though Galitsin continued to face further charges. As of October 2014, Galitsin, Irina, and their two children had relocated to Kalachyovsky District, where he invested his life savings in an "experimental farm". Here, Galitsin breeds and raises rare breed pigs and chickens, notably Mangalica pigs. He is no longer active in professional photography, other than as documentation of his farming operation and family life. "Galitsin's Angels: From Russia with Love". Munich: Edition Reuss. 2005.