5.  The applicant was born in 1950 and lives in the town of Nalchik, in the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic of the Russian Federation. The applicant is a lawyer. 6.   On 28 November 2002 the Nalchik Town Court of the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic awarded the applicant 27,780 Russian roubles (RUR) in outstanding child benefits against the Ministry of Labour of the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic. It also ordered that starting from 1 December 2002 the Ministry of Labour pay the applicant RUR 70 (about 2.2 euros) a month for each of his three children. The amount was to be increased in line with the statutory minimum wage. 7.  On 14 April 2003 the lump sum was paid to the applicant. 8.  On 18 November 2003 the bailiffs' service opened enforcement proceedings in respect of the monthly payments. 9.  The bailiffs applied to the Nalchik Town Court, asking to clarify the operative part of the judgment of 28 November 2002. On 5 July 2004 the court amended the judgment and specified the names of the children and their dates of birth. 10.  The Ministry of Labour asked the court to review the judgment of 28 November 2002 on account of newly-discovered facts. They submitted that the applicant had divorced his wife and that the children had stayed with the mother. The applicant thus no longer had the right to child benefits. On 2 December 2004 the Nalchik Town Court dismissed the request as having no basis in the domestic law. 11.  The applicant challenged the bailiffs' failure to act before a court. On 7 February 2005 the Nalchik Town Court held that the bailiffs had failed to undertake the steps required under the domestic law to secure enforcement of the judgment. On 2 March 2005 the Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic upheld the decision on appeal. 12. On 19 October 2005 the applicant received the child benefits for the period from December 2002 to September 2005, and on 10 April 2006 for the period from October 2005 to April 2006.