The 28-year-old Russian covered the distance of 15 km in 33 minutes 59.6 seconds.
At the beginning of the race, the biathlete's stick broke, but the coaching staff promptly provided him with a replacement.
The second place was taken by Russian Daniil Serokhvostov (+29.6 seconds).
Belarusian Anton Smolsky finished third (+29.8).
Earlier it was reported that Latypov won the pursuit at the fifth stage of the Commonwealth Cup in biathlon.