Was Lot a righteous man?
And yet he sinned. That was a pretty mickey mouse move on his part with the daughter (even if she had begged him to do it).
Salvation is by grace through faith and can not produce a perfect performance in this mortal coil.
What has Putin embraced of Christ? How has Putin yet sinned?
When God lets sinners sin, that doesn’t equate to His being on the sinners’ side.