I fought the Nazis when I was Irina's age... but I'm so proud of her and I want her to marry Cristiano Ronaldo

WHEN Irina Shayk poses for another photoshoot, Cristiano Ronaldo's glamorous Russian girlfriend knows she has conquered the West.

The most talked-about model of her generation, with one of the world's most eligible men on her arm, she has forged a glittering career in the US and Europe, leaving her obscure Siberian roots far behind.

Yet every week without fail, 25-year-old Irina interrupts her hectic life to call a modest one-room flat in the grim homeland outpost of Sibay to chat to an elderly lady who also knows a thing or two about conquering - and has the medals to prove it.

Galina Shaykhislamova is Irina's 87-year-old babushka, or grandmother, and a Russian heroine of the Second World War.

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