4.  The applicant was born in 1973 and resides in the town of Krasniy Luch, Lugansk region, Ukraine. 5.  In November 1998 the applicant instituted proceedings against his former employer, the State “Pryvillya” group of companies (Концерн «Привілля»), challenging his dismissal and claiming salary arrears. After several examinations by different courts, on 7 March 2003 the Antratsytivskyy Town Court reinstated the applicant in his position and awarded him 5,137.51[1] Ukrainian hryvnias (“UAH”) in salary arrears (Рішення Антрацитівського міського суду). The judgment remains unenforced. 6.  The applicant instituted another set of proceedings against the same defendant in the Krasnoluchskyy Town Court, claiming salary arrears. On 1 November 2000 the court awarded the applicant UAH 56.02[2] (Рішення Краснолуцького міського суду Луганської області). The judgment remains unenforced. 7.  The applicant instituted several proceedings in the Krasnolutskyy Town Court against another of his former employers, the State “Imeni Izvestiy” mine (ДВАТ шахта імені «Ізвєстій» ДХК «Донбасантрацит»), claiming salary arrears and other payments. On 26 October 2000, 13 February 2002, 10 February 2003 and 30 July 2003, the court awarded the applicant a total of UAH 10,466.47[3]. 8.  By 10 September 2003 and 27 March 2006 the judgments of 26 October 2000 and 13 February 2002, respectively, were enforced in full. The applicant received UAH 2,852.88[4] in enforcement of other judgments; the rest of amounts awarded remains unpaid. 9.  In 2003 the applicant instituted proceedings in the Krasnolutskyy Town Court against the Krasnolutskyy Town Bailiffs' Service, claiming compensation for the failure to enforce the judgments in his favour. On 16 October 2003 the court rejected the applicant's claim, finding no fault had been committed by the Bailiffs' Service, which had acted properly in trying to enforce the judgments. The court further noted that the debtors' property was in a tax lien and that, according to the Law on the Introduction of a Moratorium on the Forced Sale of Property, on 26 December 2001 a ban on the forced sale of assets belonging to undertakings in which the State holds at least 25% of the share capital had been introduced. On 12 February 2004 the Court of Appeal of the Lugansk Region upheld this judgment. 10.  On 26 June 2003 the “Pryvillya” group of companies was declared bankrupt.