U.S. Energy Chief Perry Said to Visit Russian Capital This Week

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry is scheduled to travel to Moscow this week, the first trip by a cabinet-level American official to the Russian capital in more than a year, according to people familiar with matter.

Perry is set to meet Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak Sept. 13, the people said, asking not to be named as the information isn’t public yet.

U.S. officials have been avoiding visits to Russia in the past four years due to tensions over Kremlin’s intervention in Ukraine and accusations over election meddling. The last time Moscow hosted high-level talks with a U.S. representative ...