Germany needs to become more resistant to Russian disinformation, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on visiting the military’s operative communications centre in Mayen in the south-west of the country. Disinformation campaigns had to be recognized early on and publicly exposed, he said. “We cannot be taken in by [Russian President Vladimir] Putin in this area … we must be prepared,” Pistorius said. “In brief, we have to become resilient, overall as a state and as a society,” Pistorius said, accusing Russia of seeking to divide Western countries and societies. Russia was seeking to influe…