The final summary of the second article says it all, in my opinion:
Since Mullvad VPN by law is not required to collect any data related to our users’ activities online
This also means they're one new law away from being forced to skip the country.
Sure, but when I think about things like this, I always wonder "what could they do to avoid it?"
I mean, seriously, what can any company do to avoid government's intervention forever?