 Galimov was a member of the silver-medal winning Russian U20 team at the 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.He also played for the Russia men's national ice hockey team on the 2009–10 and 2010–11 Euro Hockey Tours.On 7 September 2011, a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying nearly the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team including Galimov, crashed just outside Yaroslavl, Russia.