4.  The applicants are Russian nationals who live in the town of Astrakhan in the Astrakhan Region. They are employees of a private airline company, OAO “Aviakompaniya 'Astrakhanskiye Avialinii'”. 5.  On the dates set out in the schedule the Justice of the Peace of the 6th Court Circuit of the Sovetskiy District of Astrakhan accepted the applicants' actions against their employer. The employer was to pay them certain amounts in wage arrears and work-related benefits. The judgments were not appealed against and became final. 6.  On an unspecified date the President of the Astrakhan Regional Court lodged an application seeking a supervisory review of the judgments made in the applicants' favour. 7.  On 14 August 2002 the Presidium of the Astrakhan Regional Court, by way of supervisory-review proceedings, quashed the judgments and remitted the cases for re-examination. The Presidium noted that the Justice of the Peace had erred in application of the “material and procedural law”. 8.  On 3 October 2002 the Justice of the Peace of the 6th Court Circuit dismissed the applicants' actions in full. The judgment was not appealed against and became final.