4.  The applicants were born in 1932. The first applicant lives in Slovyansk. The second applicant lived in the same town before his death. 5.  At the material time the applicants worked at the State Soda Plant (ВАТ «Содовий завод»). 6.  On 24 October 1997 and 5 June 1998 the Slovyansk Town Court awarded the first applicant 1,752.56 and 717.74 Ukrainian hryvnias (UAH)[1] in salary arrears to be paid by the above-mentioned company. 7.  On 24 October 1997 and 28 March 2001 the Slovyansk Town Court awarded the second applicant UAH 940.84 and UAH 715.63[2] in salary arrears to be paid by the above-mentioned company. 8.  These decisions became final and the State Bailiffs' Service instituted proceedings to enforce them. 9.  On 3 January 2001 the Donetsk Regional Arbitration Court (after June 2001 the Donetsk Regional Commercial Court) instituted insolvency proceedings against the debtor company. On 4 September 2003 the court, having declared the debtor insolvent, ordered its liquidation, which is still pending. 10.  The decisions given in the applicants' favour have not been executed.