By Ben Aris in Berlin President Vladimir Putin took the stage at the Valdai Discussion Forum on November 7 in the northwestern Russian city of Veliky Novgorod and laid out his idea on what the new world order should look like. The speech lasted over three hours, where he decried what he termed the West’s ‘neocolonial policies’ and the erosion of ‘traditional values.’ The annual event addresses a select group of journalists, academics and in better days, leading international journalists covering Russia. It is a pseudo-intellectual summit, part policy and part platform for the Kremlin. Putin de…