I think what will happen is that Gubanova and Tarusina will both be given an initial JGP spot. If they then go on to get a 2nd one they'll almost certainly reach the final, and get 3 chances at getting all important seasons bests bearing in mind the following season.
If not they'll switch to late season Challengers, and get the chance to get Seasons Bests that way - bit like Stanislava and Alisa this last season.
The exception is if Anna P doesn't skate this season. In that case I would expect Anastasiia to get the Host Pick at Rostelecom. Who might get the 18th spot (assuming that Russia gets that many) on Senior GPs would remain to be seen though. Anastasiia's SB is very low, but is still good enough to qualify. However there are very many other good candidates - Sofia Samodurova for example, but unfortunately Anna T couldn't qualify, she has no international Seasons Best, but could perhaps still qualify for the Host Pick if they thought she was the one (I'm sure enough rules could be waived). However realistically I'd expect her to go the JGP route, but the momentum is definitely with her, she was great at Nationals for example.
