Russia Finally Gets Its "F-15E"

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairfo/articles/20091224.aspx

Three years after deciding to start production, the Russian Air Force
received the first two production models of the Su-34 fighter-bomber
[...]The 45 ton Su-34 is a replacement for the 43 ton Su-24 bomber,
which is beginning to show its age (over twenty years). There are 300
Su-24s on the books, but most of these are not fit for service. The
Su-34 is most similar to the U.S. F-15E (a two seat fighter bomber
version of the 31 ton F-15C.), and is yet another variant of the 33
ton Su-27.