[3] He resigned from Akhmat on 7 April 2018 following a series of 2 draws and 4 losses in 6 games as the team dropped to 11th in the table.

[citation needed] On 16 June 2022, Galaktionov signed a two-year contract with Russian Premier League club FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod.

[8] On 13 November 2022, Galaktionov signed a contract with FC Lokomotiv Moscow until the end of the 2023–24 season, with an option to extend.

[9] His first games with Lokomotiv were successful and he won Russian Premier League Coach of the Month award for March 2023.

[10] Lokomotiv only lost once (to the champions Zenit St. Petersburg) for the rest of the 2022–23 season under Galaktionov's management, and went from 14th place to 8th.