Mistranslation of the year

From the translation of

THE SUMMARY OF THE ENERGY STRATEGY OF RUSSIA
FOR THE PERIOD OF UP TO 2020

from the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation in 2003 available here

we learn the following

Bowels’ Use and Management of the State Bowels’ Fund

The current condition of mineral and raw base of fuel-energy complex indicates
the necessity of cardinal changes in the mechanisms of reproduction of raw base of
carbohydrates. The imperfection of state control system in the sphere of
reproduction and use of strategic kinds of raw material can lead to the forced
labour-rent of the best supply, slow rates of new fields’ development, nonobservance
of projects of development, slow rates of supply preparing and other
negative tendencies, threatening the energy safety of Russia.


The main task of the public energy policy in this sphere is the reproduction of the
mineral-raw base of hydrocarbon and other fuel-energy resources and rational use
of Russian bowels for providing the stable economic development of the country.

After reading the whole section and laughing at all the unfortunate other expressions,

• long-term and half-term programs of bowels’ study,
  
• the main control functions... in the state regulation of bowels use;
• perfection of Russian legislative branch, connected with the bowels use;
  
• checking of financial state of the client when giving him right for bowels use;
  
• development of measures on the increase of economic responsibility of the bowels users

I finally puzzled out how this had come about. Somebody has found the expression "bowels of the earth".

As it's on an EU website, you would think someone at the EU might have even read it and suggested a change.

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