4.  The applicant resides in Kharkiv, Ukraine. 5.  On an unidentified date the applicant instituted proceedings in the Poltavskyy District Court against the Makarenko Scientific and Research Company (Науково-дослідницьке господарство ім. Макаренка), which was at the material time owned by the State, claiming compensation for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage. On 29 May 2001 the court awarded the applicant 19,344.85[1] Ukrainian hryvnas (UAH) (Рішення Полтавського районного суду Полтавської області). 6.  On 19 September 2001 the Poltava District Bailiffs' Service (Відділ Державної виконавчої служби Полтавського районного управління юстиції) initiated the enforcement proceedings. 7.  By letters of 10 and 14 May 2002 the Bailiffs' Service informed the applicant that it was not possible to sell the debtor's property as, according to the Law on the Introduction of a Moratorium on the Forced Sale of Property, on 26 December 2001 a ban on the forced sale of assets belonging to undertakings in which the State holds at least 25% of the share capital had been introduced. 8.  On an unidentified date before July 2003 the enterprise was privatised. 9.  On 14 November 2003 the judgment of 29 May 2001 was enforced in full.