4.  The applicant was born in 1939 and lives in Tyumen, the Tyumen Region. He is of Chechen origin. 5.  In 1993 he bought a two-room flat measuring 44.4 square metres in Groznyy, the capital of the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation. As a result of a military operation in Chechnya the applicant's housing was destroyed. 6.  On 4 July 2003 the Russian Government adopted a Decree laying down the procedure for payment of compensation to citizens who had lost their housing or property situated on the territory of the Chechen Republic. 7.  The Decree established a fixed compensation in the amount of 300,000 Russian roubles (RUR) for any destroyed housing. 8.  On 4 November 2003 the Tsentralnyy District Court of Tyumen granted the applicant's claim against the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation and awarded him RUR 300,000 for the loss of housing. The judgment was not appealed against and entered into force on 20 November 2003. 9.  On 27 November 2003 the Tsentralnyy District Court of Tyumen issued a writ of execution. 10.  On an unspecified date the applicant and his representative requested the authorities to initiate criminal proceedings against the officials of the Ministry of Finance for the failure to enforce the judgment of 4 November 2003. 11.  In 2005, following the request by the Department of Investigation and Administrative Practice of the Federal Bailiffs' service, the applicant and his representative went to Moscow and submitted written explanations as regards their complaints against the officials of the Ministry of Finance. 12.  On 7 December 2005 the judgment of 4 November 2003 was enforced in full.