4.  The applicant was born in 1960 and lives in Moscow. He is a military officer. 5.  At some point the applicant sued his military unit for wage arrears. By judgments of 1 June 2000 and 10 August 2000 the Mozdokskiy District Court of the Republic of North Ossetia (Alaniya) (“the District Court”) awarded him 242,293 Russian Roubles (RUB). This amount was not paid to him within the statutory time-limit. 6.   At some point the applicant brought a claim against the military unit for inflation losses arising out of protracted enforcement of the judgments of 1 June 2000 and 10 August 2000. 7.  On 5 November 2001 the District Court allowed his claim and ordered military unit no. 3737 to pay him RUB 122,975.28 of damages resulting from delayed enforcement of two judgments in his favour. 8.  It appears that the judgment was not appealed against and entered into force ten days later. 9.  On 19 November 2001 the District Court issued the applicant with a writ of execution in respect of the judgment. 10.  On 13 February 2002 the applicant submitted the writ to the Ministry of Finance. 11.  By letter of 20 September 2002 the Ministry informed the applicant that the writ of execution had been forwarded to the Ministry of the Interior. The judgment remained unenforced, since no budget funds had been allocated from the federal budget for these purposes until 2004. 12.  According to the Government, on 29 October 2004 the amount of RUB 122,975.28 was paid to the applicant. The Government submitted a copy of the payment order dated 29 October 2004 confirming that the entire sum had been transferred to the applicant’s account. 13.  According to the applicant, on 1 November 2004 he received the amount of RUB 122,900 credited into his bank account. He submitted a copy of the same payment order of 29 October 2004 (see paragraph 12 above) confirming transfer of 122,975.28 to his account. 14.  On 14 November 2005 the applicant brought court proceedings claiming compensation for depreciation of the judgment debt due to inflation for a period between 14 February 2002, the date when the Ministry of Finance received the writ of execution, and 29 October 2004, the date when the judgment had been enforced. 15.  On 20 December 2005 the District Court granted the applicant’s claim and awarded him RUB 46,238.68 against his military unit. 16.  On 17 March 2006 the command of the respondent unit applied for reopening of the case in view of the newly established circumstances. 17.  On 27 March 2006 the District Court granted the application, annulled the judgment of 20 December 2005 and scheduled a new examination of the case. 18.  On 18 August 2006 the District Court examined the applicant’s action, found in his favour and ordered the military unit to pay him RUB 125,557.76. The respondent unit appealed. 19.  On 16 May 2007 the Supreme Court of the Republic of North Ossetia (Alaniya) quashed the judgment of 18 August 2006 on appeal and remitted the case for a new consideration by the first instance court. 20.  On 3 October 2007 the District Court examined the case afresh and allowed the applicant’s action. The court found that the military unit was to pay the applicant RUB 41,528.75 of compensation for inflation losses resulting from the delayed enforcement of the judgment of 5 November 2001. 21.  It appears that at some point the command of the respondent military unit applied for the reopening of the proceedings due to newly established circumstances. 22.  On 26 December 2007 the District Court granted the request and reversed the judgment of 3 October 2007 on account of newly established circumstances. 23.  On 29 January 2008 the District Court again examined and granted the applicant’s claim for upgrading of the judgment debt of 5 November 2001 and made a pecuniary award in the amount of RUB 40,950 in his favour. 24.  In letter of 15 March 2008 the applicant informed the Court that at some point the judgment of 29 January 2008 had been appealed against by one of the parties. A new hearing had been scheduled for 19 March 2008. No further information has been provided by the parties. It appears that the proceedings are still pending. 25.  At some point the applicant sued the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Interior and the Chief Command of the Interior troops of the Ministry of Interior for damages resulting from the delayed enforcement of the judgment of 5 November 2001. On 27 February 2008 the Zamoskvoretskiy District Court of Moscow rejected his claims. The court found no evidence that the damage claimed had been caused to the applicant by the respondent authorities, or that the latter had unlawfully withheld the applicant’s monetary assets. The applicant appealed. It appears that the appeal proceedings are still pending.