However, her victory was marred by a claim of poor judging from her defeated rival.
Ishchenko had already retained her solo technical title on Monday and once again beat Spain's Gemma Mengual into second position by just half a point, scoring 98.833 to the Spaniard's 98.333.
Italy's Beatrice Adelizzi delighted the home crowd by snatching the bronze medal with 95.500 to pip Canada's Chloe Isaac (95.000).
However, afterwards Mengual complained that she had been robbed by the judges.
"I was more confident today than yesterday and I felt the crowd supported me a lot. The problem is still how the judges evaluate our performances," she said.
"My strength is artistic impression and I can't understand how this was scored lower than the technical merit.
"I hope one day the judges will understand that people expect fair and accurate judgements from them."
Ischenko performed her routine to Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, a popular choice among synchronised swimmers as China's free combination team also picked that piece on Wednesday.
Mengual opted for a version of the Beatles's 'Yesterday' sung by Ray Charles in a blues style but there was no repeat of Wednesday's success for the Spaniard.
Having finally won her first World Championship gold medal in the team free combination on Wednesday -- having previously won 15 silver and bronze medals -- the Spanish swimmer could not repeat that success and once again settled for silver behind her nemesis Ishchenko.
It was the third time the 32-year-old has finished second to the Russian in world finals.
Ishchenko, who has now has eight world titles and two silver medals to her name, was understandably pleased with herself.
"I'm very happy with my performance. I only realised I had won at the end. My performance was perfect and this is the result of a lot of hard work and training."
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