5.  The applicant was born in 1952 and lives in the town of Novovoronezh in the Voronezh Region. 6.  He sued the Welfare Office of Novovoronezh and the local department of the Federal Treasury for unpaid social benefits and obtained five judgments in his favour. 7.  On 30 June 2003 the Novovoronezh Town Court of the Voronezh Region (“the Town Court”) awarded the applicant 19,315.50 Russian roubles (RUB) in arrears relating to a disability allowance. On 7 August 2003 the Voronezh Regional Court upheld the judgment. It was enforced in full on 17 December 2004. 8.  On 31 May 2005 the Town Court awarded the applicant RUB 3,204.51 in penalties for the delayed enforcement of the judgment of 30 June 2003. The judgment acquired legal force on 14 June 2005. It has not been enforced to date. 9.  On 24 March 2004 the Town Court awarded the applicant RUB 16,765.50 in arrears relating to a disability allowance. The judgment entered into force on 5 April 2004. It was enforced in full on 3 August 2005. 10.  On 26 September 2005 the Town Court awarded the applicant RUB 3,412.28 in penalties for the delayed enforcement of the judgment of 24 March 2004. The judgment acquired legal force on 7 October 2005. It has not been enforced to date. 11.  On 1 April 2004 the Town Court awarded the applicant RUB 4,329.72 in arrears relating to a food allowance and RUB 643.85 in arrears relating to a disability allowance. The judgment acquired legal force on 12 April 2004. It has not been enforced to date. 12.  On 8 June 2004 the Town Court awarded the applicant RUB 9,494.52 in arrears relating to a disability allowance and held that as of 1 April 2004 the applicant had been entitled to a monthly disability allowance in the amount of RUB 5,664.84, to be index-linked in accordance with legislation. The judgment entered into force on 18 June 2004. However, the authorities failed to backdate the increase as of 1 April 2004 and continued to underpay the applicant until August 2004. 13.  On 30 November 2004 the Town Court examined the applicant's complaint about the non-enforcement of the judgment of 8 June 2004 and recovered RUB 15,824 for the debt accrued as a result of the underpayment between April and August 2004. The judgment of 30 November 2004 entered into force on 14 December 2004. 14.  The judgments of 8 June and 30 November 2004 were enforced in full on 22 December 2005. 15.  On 27 February 2006 the Town Court awarded the applicant RUB 3,165.25 in penalties for the delayed enforcement of the judgments of 8 June and 30 November 2004. The judgment became final on 10 March 2006. It has not been enforced to date. 16.  On 8 June 2004 the Town Court recovered in the applicant's favour the unpaid food allowance in the amount of RUB 1,139.34 and the unpaid annual disability allowance in the amount of RUB 632.97. The court furthermore held that as of 1 April 2004 the applicant had been entitled to a monthly food allowance in the amount of RUB 679.78, to be index-linked in accordance with legislation. The court also held that as of 2005 the applicant was entitled to a disability allowance, to be index-linked in accordance with legislation. The judgment entered into force on 18 June 2004. It has not been enforced to date.