4.  The applicant was born in 1939 and lives in Kosta Khetagurova, a village in Karachay-Cherkessia. 5.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows. 6.  In 1990 the applicant subscribed to a State savings scheme for buying a car. The State failed to provide the car, and the applicant had to apply to a court. 7.  On 19 December 2002 the Mirninskiy District Court of Yakutia awarded the applicant 138,967 Russian roubles against the Ministry of Finance. On 5 February 2003 the judgment became binding, but was not enforced. 8.  On 15 July 2004 the Presidium of the Supreme Court of Yakutia allowed the Ministry’s supervisory-review complaint, and quashed the judgment on the ground that the district court had misinterpreted material law.