4.  The applicants were born in 1976, 1973 and 1955 respectively and live in Barnaul, the Altay region. 5.  In 1988 and 1990 the applicants obtained several state bonds entitling them to 4 % annual interest and to recovering of their value at the State Savings Bank at any time. After the applicants' unsuccessful attempts to receive the payment of the bonds, the following civil proceedings were initiated. 6. On 7 October 2002 the Tsentralnyi District Court of Barnaul in the Altay region partly granted Mr Gladyshev's claim against the Government of Russia for pecuniary damages and interests and awarded him 104,690 Russian roubles (RUB). 7. On 27 November 2002 the Altay Regional Court upheld the judgment with minor changes. 8. On the respondent's request to review the judgment due to the wrong assessment of evidence by the courts and the failure to indicate the organisation which was due to transfer the award, a supervisory review was initiated, and, on 10 February 2004 the Presidium of the Altay Regional Court quashed the judgment and dismissed the applicant's claim. 9. On 6 November 2002 the Novoaltayskiy City Court partly granted Mr Mogilnikov's claim against the Government of Russia for pecuniary damages and interests and awarded him RUB 90,788. 10. On 5 February 2003 the Altay Regional Court upheld the judgment. 11. On the respondent's request to review the judgment due to the wrong assessment of evidence and misapplication of the domestic law, a supervisory review was initiated and on 2 December 2003 the Presidium of the Altay Regional Court quashed the judgment and dismissed the applicant's claim. 12. On 21 November 2002 the Novoaltayskiy City Court partly granted Mrs Voronina's claim against the Government of Russia for pecuniary damages and interests and awarded her RUB 98,961. 13. On 15 February 2003 the Altay Regional Court upheld the judgment. 14. On the respondent's request to review the judgment due to the wrong assessment of evidence and misapplication of the domestic law, a supervisory review was initiated and on 21 October 2003 the Presidium of the Altay Regional Court quashed the judgment and dismissed the applicant's claim.