4.  The applicants were born in 1948 and 1938 respectively and live in the town of Yaroslavl. 5.  The applicants are co-owners of a house situated near a local police and fire station. 6.  They sued the Ministry of the Interior (“the Ministry”, Министерство внутренних дел РФ) for damages and new housing, alleging that the building and maintenance works which had been carried out by the station seriously damaged a local drainage system and lead to systematic seasonal flooding of their house. 7.  By judgment of 5 December 2000 the Krasnoperekopskiy District Court of the town of Yaroslavl partly granted their claims and ordered the Ministry to provide the families of the first and second applicant with housing measuring at least 30.6 and 35.56 square metres respectively and consisting of at least two rooms. 8.  The court also ordered the Ministry to pay the applicants 3,353 Russian roubles (“RUR”) and RUR 26,165 respectively in damages. 9.  The judgment of 5 December 2000 was upheld by the Yaroslavl Regional Court on appeal on 12 March 2001. 10.  On 11 July 2001 the applicants instituted enforcement proceedings in respect of the judgment of 5 December 2000, as upheld on 12 March 2001. 11.  By money transfers of 18 July 2001 and 3 September 2002 the second applicant received RUR 431.60 and RUR 25,733.40. 12.  By money transfer of 4 September 2002 the first applicant received RUR 3,353. 13.  Insofar as the judgment ordered the Ministry to grant the applicants free housing, on 28 August 2002 the housing committee of the regional branch of the Ministry of Interior, a body in charge of distribution of flats in residences built at the expense of the Ministry, decided to provide the applicants with two flats, measuring 55.6 and 53.1 square metres respectively. 14.  On 3 October 2002, once the construction of the block of flats had been finalised, both applicants received permission to move in.