But the fact that she's not on the senior team doesn't mean she can't go to senior GP, does it? As far as I understand, she's supposed to have at least one spot and she can always get another one on the Rostelecom Cup. No matter how you look at it, first experience in senior GP should be better for her than one more round in junior GP. And Russian JGP team should be okay either way, there's Tsurkaya, Sotskova, Proklova. It's a strong team.
Yes, technically it doesn't mean that she couldn't, but given her finish at Nats last year would make her eligible for the senior national team spots & she's not on the list, it suggests to me that it's been decided that she's remaining in Juniors & the federation will only be submitting her name for JGP events, not SGP.