4.  The applicant was born in 1951 and lives in Shakhty, a town in Rostov Region. 5.  In 1998–2001 the applicant’s father obtained seven judgment debts against his employer OAO Rostovugol, a joint-stock company managing coal mines in the Rostov Region. To enforce the judgments, bailiffs attached the company’s bank accounts, means of transport, and property, and audited the company’s cashow. 6.  On 12 March 2002 the company’s shareholders voted for the company’s liquidation. 7.  On 8 October 2002, the applicant’s father died, having signed away the judgment debts to the applicant. On 1 December 2003 the Shakhty Town Court acknowledged the applicant as a beneﬁciary of the judgment debts. This judgment became binding on 11 December 2003. Five judgment debts were paid on 6 April 2004, and two on 17 February 2005 8.  On 9 March 2005 the company was declared bankrupt.