Help identify the author

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Help identify the author

2 . ( oil on canvas) .
3 . Size 70 x 50 .
4 . Time to create in 2002 .
5 . Signature: something like Alex ... Al .... the photo shows
6. excellent condition
7. Expert opinion - not ... how could he be <! - ~ 1 ~ ->
8. Photo quality is not the picture quality and picture captions attached
Reverse is not FOTA : it neither bukovki nor tsiferki , canvas and canvas ...
9. Origin of picture. Bought in summer 2002 at the Crimean Bridge.
10 . Not purchased from the author , and his seller, I do not remember the price , and not to the author was , because it was a gift from the company and the money spent charming chief secretary , other details campaign for a gift , even as drunk before and after ... remember <! - ~ 7 ~ -> , and the price is not .. <! - ~ 2 ~ ->

Of course every similar question about the author has a clear background, " such as a picture is worth without the author's name , and how much it would cost to ? "