4.  The applicant was born in 1959 and lives in Kemerovo. 5.  As a retired serviceman, the applicant was entitled to a State flat. The flat was not provided, and the applicant brought an action against the Kemerovo Town Council. 6.  In the course of the proceedings, on 6 May 2003, the Town Council offered the applicant to settle the case by providing him with a “State housing voucher” – a registered instrument entitling its owner to a housing subsidy. The applicant rejected this and several subsequent similar offers. 7.  On 12 May 2003 the Tsentralnyi District Court of Kemerovo ordered the Town Council to
“provide the applicant’s family of four with a dwelling by way of, among other means, State housing vouchers valid for acquisition and construction of dwellings and financed by the Federal budget, and also by way of off-budget financial sources.” 8.  This judgment became binding on 23 May 2003. 9.  In 2004–06 the Town Council several times offered the applicant the voucher. The applicant refused these offers and asked the District Court to change the mode of enforcement to a cash payment, but on 7 November 2005 the District Court refused this request. 10.  On 20 August 2007 a bailiff terminated the enforcement proceedings because the applicant had refused the voucher.