yulia simonova faces 15 years behind bars after she asked a friend to find someone willing to torture and kill damian vanya in exchange for 100,000 rubles -lrb- £ 1,400 -rrb- .
but police set up a sting operation , sending one of their undercover officers to pose as a hitman during a meeting with simonova in the russian city of shatura , near the capital of moscow .
the russian music teacher now faces 15 years in prison after being charged with attempted murder .