4.  The applicant was born in 1973 and lives in Klin, a town in the Moscow Region. 5.  At the material time the applicant was a captain of the Army. His unit was stationed in Vatutinki-1 near Moscow. 6.  In 2000 the applicant requested an early discharge for health reasons. Under domestic law, long-serving servicemen in need of better housing (the applicant met these conditions) could be discharged against their will only if the command provided them with such housing. When asking for discharge, the applicant specified that he wished to receive the housing. 7.  On 14 December 2000 the command offered the applicant a flat in Vatutinki-1, but he rejected this offer and sued his command. 8.  On 13 February 2001 the Moscow Garrison Military Court ordered the command to provide the applicant’s family with housing at his place of duty without specifying the exact location. In addition, the court ordered to discharge the applicant, to pay outstanding service-related benefits, to pay 1,000 Russian roubles (RUB) in respect of legal costs, and to pay RUB 1,000 in respect of non-pecuniary damage. This judgment became binding on 16 March 2001 and was enforced as follows. 9.  On 26 March 2001 the command offered the applicant a flat in Krasnogorsk, but he rejected this offer. 10.  On April 2001 the applicant was discharged from active duty but was retained on the roster pending the provision of the housing. In April 2001 the command paid the benefits. In May 2001 the command paid the costs and damages. 11.  On 21 November 2001 the command offered the applicant a flat in Domodedovo, but he rejected this offer. 12.  On 21 March 2002 the command offered the applicant a flat in Zelenograd, and he accepted this offer. However, higher authorities in the Ministry of Defence found that the offered flat was too big for the applicant’s family, because his wife and son had another flat. In 2002–03 courts upheld this decision. 13.  On 2 June 2004 the command offered the applicant a flat in Moscow. On 25 February 2005 the applicant accepted this offer. On 5 May 2005 city authorities invited the applicant to formalise his ownership, but he avoided this procedure because he considered the flat too small. He sued his command, and on 18 October 2005 the Moscow Garrison Military Court found that the flat in Moscow met the conditions of the judgment of 13 February 2001. 14.  On 5 December 2005 the applicant was removed from the roster. 15.  In September 2006 the applicant agreed to formalise his ownership of the flat in Moscow and moved in.