Société Générale said yesterday that it was moving to dismiss its top Russian executive days after his shock arrest on bribery charges.

The decision by Russian subsidiary Rosbank’s board to fire its head, Vladimir Golubkov, after his arrest last week in a dramatic sting came as the French bank’s management faced shareholders at its annual shareholder meeting.

A judge has since ordered that Golubkov be put under house arrest for two months, and SocGen said that independent auditor Deloitte had been hired to “perform additional diligence and necessary investigations.”