Since 2005, T.A. Music has been the production company of t.A.T.u., which is located in Moscow, Russia. The liner notes that accompanied the release of Dangerous and Moving Nina-Friederike Gn�dig naked said that the company was comprised of t.A.T.u., Boris Renski, Dasha Mischenko,and Andrey Artischev.

Stringent rules were laid out for Katina and Volkova. Their management told the girls only to sign autographs for people related to the group, no one else, and to only give brief answers to the press, if at all.[3] They were forbidden to speak about their sexual activities, living together and photos-sexys their personal lives. Their tight contract they were under dictated what they did, what they said, and even how they felt. Volkova was told to ignore questions from reporters, frown, and look clearly upset to further the contrast between herself and Katina.

On November 21, 2006, the region of the Komi Republic in Russia filed a lawsuit against t.A.T.u. over the album and song "Lyudi Invalidy". Leonid Vakuev, a human rights representative for the Komi Republic, cited words written in the booklet for the album, which said: "Disabled people [Lyudi Invalidy] do not know what it means to be a human being. They are fakes inside the human form. They do not live, but — function". Nina-Friederike Gn�dig naked Katina said, "Of course, we meant moral invalids, people who do not have [a] soul and human feelings." When asked if they had anything against disabled people, she stated that she finds it offensive to refer to people by that term, and added, "We take pictures together and make sure they have priority seats [at concerts]."^[10]

On October 15, t.A.T.u.'s website announced that Veselye Ulybki would be released on October 21, 2008, beginning with a special event at two Soyuz record stores in Moscow where fans could meet the girls and get their autographs. The album also went on pre-sale at the official t.A.T.u. web shop on October 18, with a small number of buyers receiving a limited-edition postcard set as a prize. The songs were also made available photos-sexys internationally through the iTunes digital music store. Upon its release, it became apparent that the album essentially had two covers --- the astronaut cover was a slipcase, while the original design used for "Upravleniye Otbrosami" appeared inside. The black square from the press release had been hiding a Mars scene.^[15]

On October 23, t.A.T.u. appeared on Vladimir Polupanov's "The nina friederike gn�dig pics 7 Premieres" to promote their new album. They are also the subjects of an ongoing mini-reality series on the website Russia.ru. The show follows the girls in their daily lives, much like 2006's "t.A.T.u. Expedition."^[16]

On October 28, 2008 "Happy Smiles" was released internationally on the iTunes and neldel Amazon music stores.

On September 12, 2007 the group released the concert DVD "Truth." It was the group's first release since leaving Universal. In late 2007, "Beliy Plaschik," the lead single from their upcoming Russian-language album was released. The project was then known as "Upravleniye Otbrosami," which translates to "Waste Management." The second single, "220," made its radio premiere in May 2008 and the music video was released on their elisha cuthberg photos sexy official YouTube channel on June 5, 2008. "Beliy Plaschik" and "220" were the main attractions on a special release known as "Hyperion-Plate," the first-ever EP from the band. The EP was released on May 8, 2008 and featured multimedia content including music, video, ringtones, wallpapers, and more. To promote the EP and their forthcoming album, t.A.T.u. performed live shows in Russia, Germany, France, Dubai, Italy, Egypt, and the United States.