4.  The applicants were born in 1951 and 1954 respectively and live in Istra, a town in the Moscow Region. 5.  Following their renunciation of Russian citizenship in 2000, the applicants were engaged in three actions against the police. 6.  On 28 March 2003 the Istra Town Court awarded each applicant against the Police Passport Service 410.75 Russian roubles (RUB) for non-pecuniary damage and costs caused by the Service’s refusal to issue identity and residence papers. This judgment became binding on 8 April 2003 and was enforced on 9 October 2006. 7.  On 15 October 2003 the Justice of the Peace of Circuit 61 of the Istra District awarded each applicant against the Police Passport Service RUB 505 for non-pecuniary damage and costs caused by defamation. This judgment became binding on 16 October 2003 and was enforced on 9 October 2006. 8.  On 2 December 2003 the Justice of the Peace of Circuit 61 of the Istra District awarded the second applicant against the Police Passport Service RUB 5,000 for costs. This judgment became binding on 13 December 2003 and was enforced on 9 October 2006. 9.  On 6 December 2006 the awards were adjusted for the cost of living, and on 22 June 2007 the sum of the adjustment was paid to the applicants. 10.  In separate proceedings that lasted from February 2005 to December 2005 the applicants challenged in courts a bailiff’s return of enforcement papers.