A court in New York has sentenced Russian Victoria Nasyrova to 21 years in prison on charges of attempted murder of Ukrainian Olga Tsvik, BBC writes..

The jury agreed that she tried to poison Zwick to impersonate her..

Details of the assassination were told by the prosecution. In August 2016, Victoria Nasyrova came to Olga Tsvik, eyelash extension master, for a cosmetic procedure.. Nasyrova brought a cheesecake with her. Having eaten two pieces, she treated Olga to the third. After a while, Olga became ill, she began to vomit, and soon she lost consciousness.. According to the victim, her last memory was Nasyrova walking around the room and collecting her things..

The next day Olga was found by her friend. She was unconscious and pills were scattered around her.. Olga was taken to the hospital. She was barely saved.

When Olga returned home, she found that her passport, US work permit, some jewelry, and about four thousand dollars in cash were missing.. Later, the investigation established that the things were taken by Victoria Nasyrova, who looks like Olga Tsvik and decided to poison her in order to impersonate her..

Nasyrova's DNA samples were found in the container in which she brought the cheesecake. In the same place, experts found traces of phenazepam, a drug with a tranquilizing effect..

The assistant prosecutor in the case of Nasyrova said that she had previously had problems with the law. In 2015, she was accused of killing her neighbor Alla Alekseenko and stealing her savings..

In addition, the Russian woman is also accused of drug possession and robbery of men she met on dating sites.. Her actions formed the basis of the 2017 CBS Investigative Program documentary 48 Hours..

Russian media also reported that the woman was suspected of killing the owners of a two-room apartment, which she allegedly later sold..

A jury in New York found Victoria Nasyrova guilty of a number of charges, including attempted murder, grievous bodily harm and theft.. Judge Kenneth Holder called her an "

Nasyrova did not admit her guilt and swore obscenely at the judge, leaving the courtroom.

Earlier it was reported that a US jury convicted a Kremlin-linked Russian businessman on charges that he and his associates made tens of millions of dollars by breaking US computer networks in order to obtain secret inside information about the numerous companies they used.. for trading.