Comment by Muromec

> a server in both sides of a geopolitical conflict and they've got to collaborate to track you.

With a server on the other side of a geopolitical conflict (actual conflict, not a mere discontinuity in legalscape) you trade a risk of the government reading your chats for a risk of the same government (which you don't trust for a good reason) locking you up for treason and espionage.