4.  The applicant was born in 1967 and lives in Simferopol. 5.  On 11 February 2002 the applicant challenged the actions of his former commander and claimed the payment of various allowances and compensation for non-pecuniary damage. On 27 March 2002 the Simferopol Garrison Court allowed the applicant’s claims. By a decision of 18 June 2002 the Navy Court of Appeal quashed that judgment. The proceedings were severed into three separate sets. 6.  By a judgment of 6 March 2003, the Simferopol Garrison Court declared unlawful, inter alia, the commander’s refusal to pay allowances due to the applicant on the date of his retirement, and ordered the commander to grant the applicant’s claim in that part. By the same judgment the court also awarded the applicant UAH 3,800 in compensation for non-pecuniary damage. On 12 June 2003 the Navy Court of Appeal reduced that amount and upheld the remainder of the judgment with minor amendments. On 26 November 2003 the Supreme Court upheld the judgment of 12 June 2003. 7.  On 11 December 2003 and 25 December 2003 the Simferopol Garrison Court considered the remainder of the applicant’s claim, as severed from the initial claim, and awarded him, respectively, 2,263.40 Ukrainian hryvnias (approximately 331 euros (EUR)) and UAH 204 (approximately EUR 30) in respect of various payments due to him on the date of his retirement. On 4 March 2004 the Navy Court of Appeal upheld those judgments. On 26 May and 9 June 2004 those judgments were also upheld by the Supreme Court. 8.  According to the Government, between 22 February 2005 and 25 December 2008 bailiffs partly enforced the judgment of 11 December 2003, paying UAH 1,670.63 to the applicant. The Government stated that as of 28 September 2010 the outstanding debt was UAH 592,77. According to the applicant, it was UAH 1,399.97. 9.  On 22 February 2005 bailiffs fully enforced the judgment of 25 December 2003. 10.  On 6 September 2002 the applicant lodged a civil claim with the Zheleznodorozhnyy District Court of Simferopol (“the District Court) against the military unit, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Finance, the State Treasury and the State Insurance Fund for Work-Related Accidents and Diseases (“the Fund”). The applicant claimed the payment of compensation for damage caused to him a result of his disability. He also claimed that the defendants failed to provide him with free housing. On 9 March 2004 the District Court decided to sever the proceedings (see below). 11.  On 3 February 2005 the District Court partly allowed the applicant’s claim. He was awarded compensation, to be paid by the Fund. On 25 May 2005 the Court of Appeal of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea quashed the part of the judgment concerning the Fund’s obligation to pay compensation and awarded the applicant UAH 27,923.65 in compensation for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage, to be paid by the Ministry of Defence. By the same judgment the applicant was entitled to receive an allowance of UAH 673.57 in the period from 1 May to 1 November 2005. On 19 December 2007 the Zhaporizhzhya Regional Court of Appeal, acting as a court of cassation, upheld that judgment. 12.  The case has been considered by the District Court and the Court of Appeal of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea; however, no decision on the merits has been adopted. As of 28 September 2010 the proceedings were still pending before the District Court. 13.  According to the information provided by the Government, there were fifteen adjournments of the hearings, four of them due to the parties’ failure to appear and two of them to the applicant’s failure to appear. On two occasions the proceedings were suspended pending the outcome of other proceedings: the first period of suspension lasted nine and a half months and the second period one year and nine months. 14.  On 24 February 2006 the Tsentralny District Court of Simferopol awarded the applicant UAH 771.24 and UAH 195.34 in allowance arrears, to be paid by the Ministry of Defence. By the same judgment the applicant was entitled to receive a monthly allowance of UAH 812.89 (approximately EUR 129) up to 1 November 2008. 15.  According to the Government, on 27 November 2006 the amount of UAH 195.34 was paid to the applicant. The applicant then received regular payments in accordance with the judgment. By November 2008 the applicant had been paid UAH 36,057.09 in total. The enforcement proceedings were closed as the judgment had been enforced in full. 16.  According to the applicant, the first payment under that judgment was made in December 2006. Subsequent payments were also delayed. There was still an outstanding debt in the amount of UAH 908.27 (approximately EUR 85).