"All construction permits have been issued - and for a long time," Baron quotes TASS.
Earlier, the executive director of Nord Stream 2 AG, Matthias Warnig, spoke about the construction progress of Nord Stream 2.
He noted that the company believes that construction work will be completed at the end of August.
In early June, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the completion of pipe-laying for the first string of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.