Baturina is known to be a good beam specialist, boasting a 6.4 start value as early as November 2010, and achieving the silver medal behind the younger Bondareva at 2011 December's Voronin Cup.

Baturina began competing internationally at the 2012 City of Jesolo Trophy, where she helped the junior Russian team win the bronze medal.

In April, she competed at the European Championships and helped the junior Russian team win the gold medal.

Her first international assignment was the Anadia World Cup, held in Portugal, a CIII competition.

She ended up 8th in beam final after not fulfilling the two jumps connection requirement, lowering her D score to a 4.9.