The editor of the far-right political magazine “Compact”, which was recently banned by the German government, attacked the government in Berlin on Saturday and announced his support for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Jürgen Elsässer received thunderous applause for his speech at the event of the right-wing extremist AfD in Saxony-Anhalt.

Elsässer attacked Interior Minister Nancy Faeser as a fascist, called Defense Minister Boris Pistorius a war criminal and insulted Green Party leader Ricarda Lang in his opening speech at the AfD party conference.

“And of course I will not be forbidden from saying: I am a Putin supporter,” Elsässer explained to the applause of the audience.

Elsässer’s magazine “Compact” was banned by the Federal Ministry of the Interior on July 16 because it had allegedly developed into a “central mouthpiece of the right-wing extremist scene”.

But Elsässer recently won a preliminary victory in court when judges expressed doubts about the proportionality of the government’s actions and lifted the ban, at least for the time being.

Following the decision of the Federal Administrative Court, the magazine can resume publication under certain conditions.

However, the court has not yet made a final decision in this matter; further negotiations will take place.

Elsässaer presented himself confidently at the AfD party conference in Magdeburg and said that his legal success shows that “victory is possible”.

He predicted that the AfD would gain a position of power in the upcoming state elections in Saxony-Anhalt.