4.  The applicant was born in 1953 and lives in the town of Konstantynivka, the Donetsk region, Ukraine. 5.  On 22 December 1997 the Kostyantynivskyi Town Court ordered the Avtosklo State Company to pay the applicant UAH 2,462 (406 euros – “EUR”) in salary arrears. 6.  On 15 January 1998 the Kostyantynivskyi Town Bailiffs' Service instituted enforcement proceedings in respect of the above judgment. 7.  On 22 June 1998 the Donetsk Regional Arbitration Court instituted bankruptcy proceedings against the debtor. 8.  On 18 February 2002 the debtor was declared bankrupt and the liquidation proceedings were initiated against it. 9.  On 6 February 2003 and 23 February 2004 the applicant was informed by two letters from the Bailiffs' Service that the judgment in his favour was not enforced due to the substantial number of enforcement proceedings against the debtor and the latter's lack of funds. The applicant was also informed that the procedure for the forced sale of assets belonging to the debtor was blocked by the Law on the Introduction of a Moratorium on the Forced Sale of Property of 29 November 2001. 10.  The judgment of 22 December 1997 remains unenforced. 11.  In March 1999 the applicant instituted proceedings in the Kostyantynivskyi Town Court against the Avtosklo State Company seeking compensation for the delay in payment of the judgment debt of 22 December 1997. 12.  On 29 March 1999 the court found against the applicant. On 17 May 1999 the Donetsk Regional Court upheld the decision of the first instance court.