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Elena Sosnovskaya is accused of organising a hit on her married lover’s other girlfriend, dancer Natalia Pronina

Sosnovskaya, 40, allegedly shared the same lover with her victim, a married Russian businessman

Sosnovskaya appeared in a Moscow court last week with four men also allegedly involved in the December 23 killing

Sosnovskaya reportedly, asked her partner to find an assassin to kill Pronina

The famous dancer was gunned down in a Moscow street by masked assassin after ‘affair with a politician’

Natalia Pronina, 30, of Moscow, was shot at close range by masked man

The chilling CCTV footage shows Ms Pronina entering her apartment in Russia

Attacker reportedly released stun grenade to distract attention from shooting

A behavioral specialist has been arrested after she was accused of putting a hit on a famous dancer who was executed in Moscow two days before Christmas.
Both women allegedly, were mistresses to a married businessman, rumored to be highly connected in Russian politics.
The one mistress has been charged for allegedly ordering the contract killing of his other lover.   
Psychologist Elena Sosnovskaya appeared in a Moscow court last week along with four men allegedly involved in the murder of dancer Natalia Pronina on December 23. 
Pronina, 30, was gunned down at close range by a hooded man wearing a mask in Moscow as she returned home from a choreography session.
The businessman allegedly romantically involved with the two women has not been named but is reported to be married with children. 

Prize-winning dancer Pronina was gunned down at close range by a hooded man wearing a mask in Moscow as she returned home from a choreography session.
The 30-year-old dancer was gunned down at close range by a hooded and masked man in Moscow as she returned home from a choreography session.
Sosnovskaya is accused of asking her boyfriend to find an assassin to murder her love rival.

The chilling CCTV footage shows Pronina entering her apartment before the masked assassin creeps up behind her and shoots her twice in the chest.
Footage from court showed Sosnovskaya as she was ushered into a glass case for a custody hearing at the Cheryomushinsky court in Moscow. 
The psychologist, aged around 40, is accused of using her own partner, with whom she was living, to find the contract killer.
Previously, the businessman’s wife had been suspected of ordering the murder while a politician reportedly dating Pronina had also been linked to the case at one point.

Pronina, who had won prizes at international dance festivals including in the UK, was shot twice in the chest close to her high-rise apartment block near Akademicheskaya metro station.
The moment was caught on harrowing CCTV footage which showed the killer approaching Pronina from the shadows before shooting her with a pistol at close range. 
Pronina was shot twice in the chest close to her high-rise apartment block near Akademicheskaya metro station in Moscow, two days before Christmas. She was rushed to hospital but, died two hours later

The attacker reportedly then released a stun grenade to distract attention from the shooting, dropped the gun and fled, according to reports citing law enforcement.
Pronina was rushed to hospital and underwent surgery but died two hours after the attack. 
Reports say Pronina had known the unnamed businessman for nine years but that she had recently ended the relationship after meeting a new boyfriend.

Sosnovskaya was said to have been dating the businessman at the same time as Pronina and allegedly asked her live-in boyfriend to recruit an assassin to kill the dancer, Moskovsky Kosomolets reported. 
Sosnovskaya’s boyfriend is among the four men also detained over the murder, three of whom have been named as: Artak Aivazyan, Khasan Tagirov and Ruslan Tagirov.  
The businessman, who owns a car parts chain, had reportedly warned Pronina to be careful and to stop posting on Instagram.
Investigative Committee official Yulia Ivanova said the suspects are being held under Russian laws covering contract killings and the illegal possession of firearms.