5.  The applicant was born in 1972 and lives in the Krasnodar Region. He is a retired military officer. 6.  On 12 May 2004 the Military Court of the Sochi Garrison allowed the applicant's claims against his former military unit and awarded him 215,245.76 Russian roubles (RUR, approximately 6,250 euros). The judgment was not appealed against and became final ten days later. 7.  On 29 May 2004 the applicant submitted a writ of execution to the bailiffs' department of the Ministry of Justice. 8.  The bailiffs' department could not decide which bailiff would have territorial jurisdiction over the military unit deployed in Abkhazia, Georgia. Instead, on 7 July 2004 it sent the writ directly to the debtor. The writ was lost by the post. 9.  The bailiffs asked the court to issue a duplicate of the writ of execution. On 3 March 2005 the Military Court of the Sochi Garrison issued the applicant with a duplicate. 10.  On 17 March 2005 the applicant submitted the duplicate to the Sochi department of the Federal Treasury which sent it to the debtor. 11.  On 13 September 2005 the applicant received the judgment debt.