What did the falsifiers-Russophobes, called by the Romanovs to write the history of the dynasty instead of the true history of Russia, in order to replace the second with the first, have not invented about the Vikings. It is understandable that in order to justify the rule in Russia of a not entirely Russian dynasty, which came to power not without the help of the Vatican, it was necessary to show the savagery of the “barbarians” living on these lands, allegedly incapable of their own statehood without the arrival of Western “civilizers”. And now the grandson of the Novgorod prince and the prince's son encouraged Rurik, with the light hand of the forgers, was declared "Norman", and with him all the other Varangians. But is it really so? Did the Varangians have anything to do with these same Normans?
Here is what Yuri Maksimenko writes about this in his book "Truth and Lies of Academic History":
All of the above is another “nail” in the “coffin lid” of the falsifiers-Normanists who invented a monstrous lie about the “external control” of Ancient Rus in order to substantiate the legitimacy of the Romanov dynasty's rule. But those German historians and court historian Karamzin, fed by the Romanovs, at least you can understand - they all conscientiously worked out the "grants" allocated to them by the tsarist dynasty to invent a new history of Russia. But it is completely incomprehensible what grants and from whom are coming to modern Russophobes to continue supporting these false myths, which are still full of Russian history textbooks? Rather, it is quite clear from whom. It is not clear only: where are the relevant "competent authorities" looking?