The Olympic Athletes from Russia are receiving plenty of support from companies at home ©Getty Images

Russian banks, mobile phone operators and other businesses have begun showing their backing for their country's athletes at the Winter Olympic Gams here by decorating their social media pages with messages of support.

The campaign was started by Tinkoff Bank.

Participating companies have made the background on their pages on Facebook and Twitter in grey, the colour of the uniform worn by Olympic Athletes from Russia competing at Pyeonchang 2018. 

Russian companies are showing their support for their athletes at Pyeongchang 2018 on their social media pages ©Twitter
Russian companies are showing their support for their athletes at Pyeongchang 2018 on their social media pages ©Twitter

They are including the hashtag "#FromRussia" and a logo, "Supporting Athletes from Russia". 

grey with the hashtag "#FromRussia" and the logo saying "Supporting Athletes From Russia".

Other banks to have joined the campaign include Alfa Bank and Sberbank and they have been joined my mobile telephone operator MTS.