She failed to reach such heights in 2005 as her coach began working for FC Khimki. With little money or time with her coach, her fastest that year was 2:01.78 minutes. However, she still won a second national indoor title and was a semi-finalist at the 2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships and the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. The following year her coach moved to FC Krasnodar and she again travelled with him. This time her training arrangements were more productive. In the indoor season she won the Sparkassen Cup meeting and was a semi-finalist at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Her outdoor opener of 1:57.34 minutes was her fastest that year. She was one of the favourites at the 2006 European Cup, but fell in the race and was sent to hospital with superficial injuries. She ran well at the 2006 European Athletics Championships, but was conservative in her tactics due to her previous fall: choosing not to run in the tightest lane, she ended up narrowly missing out on a medal and later investigation showed she had covered 817 m during the race. Her season ended with a sixth-place finish at the 2006 IAAF World Athletics Final.