On behalf of the staff of the Voronezh Institute of the Federal Penitentiary Service and on my own behalf, I warmly and cordially congratulate you and in your person the teaching staff, staff, cadets, students and veterans of the Kostanay Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan named after Shrakbek Kabylbayev on the glorious date – the 45th anniversary of its formation! In the history of any public authority, there are events that are inscribed in golden letters in its chronicle. Such an event for the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan was the formation of the Academy, a higher educational institution that trains specialists for law enforcement agencies and penitentiary institutions of the country. The Academy occupies a special place in the system of departmental education in Kazakhstan. Over the years, the university has passed a glorious path of formation and development. Creative search, continuous improvement of the educational process, close and fruitful cooperation with departmental universities, various institutions of the penitentiary system and law enforcement agencies not only in the Republic, but also beyond its borders allow the Academy to be rightfully considered one of the most prestigious and dynamically developing educational institutions in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan. You and your employees can proudly assess the path you have traveled and look to the future with confidence, multiplying the achievements of the past years. Today, Kostanay Academy is a large educational and scientific center with a developed material and technical base that meets the highest criteria for the quality of the educational process, highly professional teaching staff, advanced technologies of educational and research activities. The knowledge gained by graduates of your university is a good basis for further professional growth, a starting platform for future specialists in combating new challenges and threats of our time: manifestations of terrorism, organized crime and corruption. Our educational institutions have close friendly and business relations. Congratulating you and your team on this significant date, I express confidence in our further fruitful cooperation on various issues of educational, methodological and research activities. First of all, I wish the respected veterans good health, happiness and well–being, prosperity to the academy, and further success to the entire team, graduates and cadets in their service for the benefit of their Republic!

Sincerely,

Head of the Voronezh Institute

Federal Penitentiary Service

Colonel of the internal service S. S. Vykhor