4.  The applicant was born in 1960 and lives in the village of Aleksandrovskoye in the Stavropol Region of the Russian Federation. 5.  On 2 October 1997 the Commercial Court of the Sverdlovsk Region granted the applicant's civil action against the penitentiary facility AB-239 of the Ministry of Justice and awarded the applicant 75,623.60 Russian roubles (RUR) in arrears and RUR 82,838.91 in interest. 6.  The judgment was not appealed against and became final on 2 November 1997. 7.  On 3 March 1998 enforcement proceedings were instituted but the judgment was not enforced because the facility lacked funds. The enforcement proceedings were closed and re-opened on several occasions. The most recent decision by which the enforcement proceedings were discontinued was taken on 30 March 2001. 8.  On 26 November 2002 the facility paid the applicant RUR 75,623.60. On 12 February 2004 it paid the remainder of the judgment debt, that is RUR 82,838.91. 9.  On 30 December 2005 the Sverdlovsk Regional Treasury paid the applicant RUR 99,555.58 as compensation for depreciation of the amount of RUR 75,623.60 in the period from June 1997 to November 2002. According to the Government, that compensation was assessed at the annual rate of 24%.