Financier Resorts To The Spotlight

by Peter Kennedy Without attracting much attention, Vancouver financier Walter Berukoff has emerged as one of Cuba’s largest foreign investors by sinking about $60 million into mining and real estate projects on the Caribbean island. “Most people know very little about what I own and I’d rather keep it that way.” the 55 year old…

Fidel Castro’s Canadian Friend

by John Schreiner Vancouver – When North Vancouver’s Walter Berukoff needs to converse with Fidel Castrom Cuba’s president, he relies on a language they share in common: Russian. “I get along in Cuba because I speak Russian,” says Mr. Berukoff, 53, the son of Doukhobors who settled in British Columbia after leaving Russia during the…