Jürgen Elsässer, publisher of the recently banned German far-right political magazine Compact proclaims his support for Putin, receiving a rousing ovation for his remarks at an AfD gathering in Saxony

The publisher of the far-right political magazine Compact, which was recently banned by the German government, attacked the government in Berlin and proclaimed his support for Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday. Jürgen Elsässer received a rousing ovation for his remarks at a gathering of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. Elsässer attacked Interior Minister Nancy Faeser as a fascist, called Defence Minister Boris Pistorius a war cri