Lightroom shows wrong colors, but fine after export

Hi,
since some time Lightroom seems to show me a reduced color depth which get especially apparent in darker areas. See the dark area to the very right in a screenshot from Lightroom:
and exported as sRGB (similar in AdobeRGB or ProPhoto RGB):
I'm using Lightroom 4.4, but the Lightroom 5 test version shows the same behavior.
Any ideas? Thanks,
harzi84

Thanks so far!
Here is the side-by-side comparison of Lightroom, Windows Photo Viewer and IrfanView. IrfanView uses the color profiles:
Here is the original RAW: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/53767176/PA130145.ORF
and an exported DNG: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/53767176/PA130145.dng
Thanks,
harzi84

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