4.  The applicant, Mr Grigoriy Yakovlevich Mavrodiy, is a Ukrainian national who was born in 1931 and lives in Mykolayiv. He was the only owner and director of the “Primula” private construction enterprise. 5.  On 24 June 1998 the Odessa Regional Arbitration Court ordered the Chornomorskyi Housing Unit of the Odessa Military District (Квартирно-експлуатаційна частина Чорноморського району Одеського військового округу) to pay the applicant's enterprise UAH 21,350[1] under a construction contract. The judgment became final and the writ of execution was transferred to the Bailiffs' Service for enforcement. However, it was not enforced due to lack of funds on the debtor's current account. 6.  On 26 December 2001 the Odessa Regional Commercial Court, upon the applicant's request, ordered the enforcement of the judgment of 24 June 1998 by attaching the debtor's property. 7.  On 14 November 2002 the writ of execution was returned to the applicant as the enforcement proceedings were terminated due to the debtor's lack of funds. 8.  On 23 December 2003 the Odessa Regional Commercial Court rejected the applicant's request to declare the Ministry of Defence a debtor in the enforcement proceedings. On 18 February 2004 the Odessa Commercial Court of Appeal upheld this ruling. 9.  In March 2004 the applicant lodged with the Kyiv City Commercial Court a claim against the Ministry of Defence and the Chornomorskyi Housing Unit seeking compensation for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage caused by the failure to enforce the judgment of 24 June 1998. On 20 May 2004 the applicant's claim was left without consideration for failure to pay the court fee. 10.  The judgment given in the applicant's favour by the Odessa Regional Arbitration Court on 24 June 1998 remains unenforced.