5.  The applicant was born in 1961 and lives in Moscow. 6.  On 22 September 1997 the applicant was convicted on several counts of fraud and sentenced to three and a half years’ imprisonment and a fine. On 28 October 1998 the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation quashed the conviction, finding that the applicant’s guilt had not been proved. 7.  The applicant sued the Ministry of Finance for damages incurred through the unlawful criminal prosecution. 8.  On 4 April 2001 the Khoroshevskiy District Court of Moscow granted his claim in part and awarded him 23,400 Russian roubles, payable by the Ministry of Finance within one month. On 13 June 2001 the Moscow City Court upheld the judgment on appeal. 9.  On 11 October 2001 a writ of execution was issued. 10.  On 11 March 2003 the applicant sent a complaint to the Ministry of Finance about non-enforcement of the judgment. No reply was received. 11.  On 18 March 2006 the Ministry of Finance paid the judgment debt to the applicant.