Two years after he introduced the phrase "push the reset button" for America's relations with Russia, Vice President Joe Biden is in Moscow to see what sort of fine-tuning is needed.

Biden plans two days of meetings on March 9 and 10, including with President Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and representatives of Russia's beleaguered opposition groups. He is to cap the trip with an address at Moscow State University that is expected to lay out the White House's vision for U.S.-Russian relations in the last half of President Barack Obama's term.

"This trip for the vice president is an opportunity to take stock of the reset and what we've achieved and where we hope to go next," said Biden's national security adviser Tony Blinken.

"We are, I think, on the verge of trying to take an issue that used to be extremely contentious between the United States and Russia and to try to see if we can make this an area of cooperation," the White House's Senior Director for Russian and Eurasian Affairs Mike McFaul said last week.

The other key issue, McFaul said, will be to try to facilitate Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization.

After leaving Moscow on Friday, Biden is to make a short visit to Moldova, The Associated Press reported.