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 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 criminal and insulted Green Party leader Ricarda Lang in his opening remarks at the AfD conference. “And …