last year, these are a far more targeted set, aimed mostly at just "the individuals that special counsel Robert Mueller indicted last month for participating in a sweeping plot to use online trolls to inflame social divides and undermine faith in U.S. institutions during the 2016 election.

The sanctions target the Internet Research Agency, the Russian organization that Mueller’s team alleged was responsible for the extensive online trolling effort that court documents say was years in the making, involving millions of dollars and potentially hundreds of individuals.

On Thursday, the White House sanctioned the IRA and its alleged founder, Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin, for their role in “interfering with election processes or institutions.” Prigozhin, sometimes described in Russian media as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “chef,” has became one of the country’s largest state contractors, according to the Anti-Corruption Foundation, a Russia-based nonprofit that investigates corruption among high-ranking Moscow officials.

The White house also sanctioned Prigozhin’s two main companies, Concord Management and Consulting and Concord Catering, accusing them of providing funding to the IRA."

Given the indictments, hard to justify not doing something.