KALININGRAD, October 5 - RAPSI. A Kaliningrad businessman has submitted a complaint to the Polish Foreign Ministry regarding the diplomats at its local Consulate General, accusing them of corruption. The Consulate General has denied the accusations that its diplomats engaged in corruption during the bidding to create a visa center.

Vladimir Radzikovsky, the director of the Information Center for Tourism Development, told RIA Novosti that his firm participated in the bidding to provide visa and border movement application service on July 30. His firm offered the most beneficial terms, but VHS Global won the bidding, he said.

"The course of the bidding and the further proceedings give reason to suspect collusion between the Polish diplomats and the representatives of the company that won the tender," Radzikovsky said. "The Polish party may have received a kickback."

He added that he has already referred to the Appeals Chamber in Poland, as well as to the ministry. He has yet to receive responses from the institutions, he said.

The Consulate General in Kaliningrad issued a statement on Friday denying the allegations.

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