ment's preliminary objection must be dismissed.
B. Jurisdiction ratione temporis and ratione personae
31. In their additional memorial on the merits of the case, the Government argued that in so far as the present application concerned the events that had taken place prior to the ratification of the Convention by Russia, it was outside the Court's temporal jurisdiction.
32. In their memorial on the admissibility and merits of the case and in their additional memorial on the merits of the case, the Government further argued that the State was not responsible for the Savings Bank of Russia, which was now a joint stock commercial bank (акционерный коммерческий банк), and, in particular, for its obligations in respect of deposits. According to them, the Savings Bank effected the payment of deposits from its own funds, and the State did not interfere or finance the bank's activities. On the other hand, the Government stated that in the 1990s, during the period of galloping inflation, the State had assumed obligations to restore and pay compensation in respect of all deposits made in the Savings Bank prior to 20 June 1991, and subsequently payment of such deposits and compensation had been carried out from the funds allocated each year for that purpose in the federal budget, and that that payment had not been related to the events in the Chechen Republic and, in particular, the suspension of the activity of the Chechen Savings bank. In the Government's submission, it was an act of good will that the State assumed obligations concerning payment of that compensation, and therefore it was free to determine the amount of compensation to be paid, who should receive it, and the time-limits for its payment.
33. The Government also insisted that the State was not responsible for the absence of a mechanism for transferring funds from the former Chechen Savings Bank to any other branch of the Savings Bank of Russia. According to them, deposits could only be transferred by the bank, without any interference by the State. They also submitted that the domestic legislation imposed no obligation on the State or the Savings Bank of Russia to develop any specific mechanism for transferring the deposits.
34. The applicant disagreed with the Government and maintained his complaint. In so far as the State's responsibility was concerned, he argued that between 1990 and 1992 he had deposited his savings in the then State-owned Savings Bank of the USSR, that the Savings Bank of Russia was its legal successor, and that the State was therefore responsible for the bank and for the absence of a mechanism for transferring funds from the former Chechen Bank to any other branch of the Savings Bank of Russia. In support of his argument the applicant referred to the fact that the reimbursement of the deposits made in the Savings Bank was governed by legal instruments adopted by the Russian Government.
35. The Court reiterates that it may address questions of its jurisdiction at every stage of the proceedings to satisfy itself that it has jurisdiction in any case brought before it (see {Blecic} v. Croatia [GC], No. 59532/00, § 67, ECHR 2006-III). The Court further notes that, in its decision of 17 January 2008, it decided to join to the merits of the case the questions of its competence ratione temporis and ratione personae. Having regard to the circumstances of the case and the parties' arguments, the Court considers it appropriate to address these questions in its examination of the substance of the applicant's complaint under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention.
II. Alleged violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1
to the Convention
36. The applicant complained under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention that he had been unable to have his deposits in the Savings Bank of Russia r
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