4.  The applicant was born in 1962 and lives in St Petersburg. 5.  He brought a court action against the Finance and Control Committee of the Omsk Regional administration to recover the monetary value of the promissory notes issued by the Omsk Region. 6.  By a judgment of 24 July 2000 the Kuybyshevskiy District Court of St Petersburg granted the applicant's claim and awarded him 32,613.33 Russian roubles (RUB). The sum included the main debt of RUB 23,200, the interest in the amount of RUB 9,357.33 and legal costs of RUB 56. The judgment was not appealed against and entered into force on 4 August 2000. 7.  On 9 August 2000 the applicant sent the writ of execution to the bailiffs' service of the Omsk Region and on 4 October 2000 the bailiffs initiated the enforcement proceedings. 8.  On 23 November 2000 the applicant received the main debt under the judgment of 24 July 2000 in the amount of RUB 23, 200. 9.  By a judgment of 3 February 2004 the Kuybyshevskiy District Court of St Petersburg awarded the applicant RUB 7,407 as a penalty for the lengthy non-enforcement of the judgment of 24 July 2000. No appeal was lodged against the judgment and it acquired legal force on 16 February 2004. On 18 February 2004 the Kuybyshevskiy District Court of St Petersburg issued a writ of execution. 10.  On 24 February 2004 the Finance and Control Committee was reorganized into the Ministry of Finance of the Omsk Region and its accounts in the credit institutions were closed. 11.  On 16 March 2004 the applicant forwarded the writ of execution for the judgment of 3 February 2004 to the bailiffs' service. 12.  The enforcement proceedings in respect of both judgments were discontinued on 21 April 2004 and the writs of execution were returned to the applicant who had been advised to apply to a court in order to define the debtor's legal successor and to resubmit the writs of executions to the bailiffs. According to the Government, the applicant failed to do so. 13.  On 12 May 2005 the Ministry of Finance of the Omsk Region transferred to the applicant the remainder of the court award of 24 July 2000. The judgment of 3 February 2004 was fully enforced on 21 February 2006.